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Subject: Seeking help with choosing college

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Norbert Szolnoky

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Date Posted: 23:48:34 09/21/12 Fri

Dear All,
I am a US citizen living in Japan and running an English school with my wife. Recently we received a new 18-year old student who has dyslexia and dreams of going to the United States to study at a university.

His mother has The Princeton Review's "K&W Guide to Colleges with LD" and we have looked into that for some basic information. It's a great guide but not enough for us to give proper support for this student's desire.

So I am asking help with the followings:

1. Is there a city where a good dyslexia support community exist locally especially for college-aged youth and where there's a university with good LD-support at the same time?
Since he would be a foreign student I think he would feel even more "out of place" so I think a good support community is essential to him.

2. He wants to study "physics" i.e. technology. Any recommendation for a good university with LD-support?

3. He will probably first need to go to an English prep school to be able to study at university level. Anyone knows an English prep school that can accommodate a dyslexic student?

4. Unfortunately Japan has a very poor LD support and many tests are not even available and he might have to do official diagnosis and documentation in the US. Can you recommend a good private clinic for official diagnosis and possible treatments?

Of course it would be fantastic if all four could be located at the same city or vicinity. And any other help/advice you could give for a foreign LD student trying to study in the US would be very appreciated :-)

I am sorry for the long message. If you would like to email me directly you can reach me at norbert.sayuri@gmail.com

Thank you a million in advance,
Norbert Szolnoky

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