ADD: Getting Through College With The Least Stress

Many people with ADD find it very difficult to stick to aany other low-level class, or whatever classes appeal
four-year program at college and to get their degrees.to you, as asides. When you're studying, be sure to
College can be hard for anyone when there are 5give yourself a half hour of math (if you can
papers due all on the same day. But you have theconcentrate that long), a half hour of something you
added handicap of being easily bored and quicklylike to do, and then, back to math of another half hour.
finding distraction. So, though it's no cakewalk for anyOr, if your attention span is only 15 minutes, start with
college student, getting your degree can be particularlymath, move to creative writing for 15 minutes, then art
hard when you have ADD.history for 15 minutes, and psychology 101 can make
How can that be helped?up the rest of your hour. Just keep doing this for as
Find a school that will work with you and your ADD.many hours as you need to really get cranking with
Most colleges require 15 credits to be classified as amath.
full-time student, but most will also allow you to takeOr, you'll have to find a more flexible college. Some will
fewer credits, though you'll only be classified asallow you to design your own major, which is ideal for
part-time. If this isn't a tax issue for you or yourpeople with ADD. That way, you'll be concentrating on
parents, being a part-time student with fewer classessubjects that you know you can enjoy and really put
to worry about may be a solution for you.your hyperfocus into gear and make it work for you.
Another solution would be to take fewer of theThe whole thing should be about finding a college that's
required courses that you find it hard to deal with.right for you. If you're in school now and having a
Maybe take one of those per semester, and fill yourterrible time at it, transfer to a school that understands
schedule with classes that you do like. For instance,your ADD. That comes even before you look for the
what if you absolutely, positively have to take Algebramoney because there are always scholarships that
and Trig during your first semester, and find it veryyou can employ. Yet, if you don't find the right school,
difficult to deal with math? One solution would be toyou may end up only hoping for a degree instead of
take creative writing, art history, and psychology 101 orreally earning one.