Marilyn,

Do not choose St. Andrews!  I did 1 year there in the mid '80s and had a
very bad experience. The real problem there is that the disabled students
are segregated into yet another snakepit.  Interaction with the rest of
the community is seriously impeded.

I ended up transferring to Georgia Tech and was put in the meat grinder
with everybody else...I survived with TWO B.S. degrees. :-)

And, people wonder why I'm crazy.  LOL!


Matt Conaway

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001, Mairlyn Zamarripa wrote:

> I see that many of you are in or recently attended college.  I have a
> daughter who is looking for a good college.  She is in a wheelchair,
> will need a personal assistant for bathrooming, dressing, etc.  Very
> intelligent and verbal.
>
> Suggestions?  We just got back from taking her sister to a South
> Carolina School :( (we live in no. Virginia)  We visited St. Andrews in
> NC....very good accommodations ... maybe too many wheelchairs ... main
> dorm for disabled is separate from the norm.  Also visited East Carolina
> Univ. Very good accommodations, did not see dorms, she did not like the
> size of 18,000.  We are open, prefer East Coast but will look at
> anything.
>
> Marilyn
>