| Many people with ADD find it very difficult to stick to a | | | | any 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 5 | | | | give yourself a half hour of math (if you can |
| papers due all on the same day. But you have the | | | | concentrate that long), a half hour of something you |
| added handicap of being easily bored and quickly | | | | like to do, and then, back to math of another half hour. |
| finding distraction. So, though it's no cakewalk for any | | | | Or, if your attention span is only 15 minutes, start with |
| college student, getting your degree can be particularly | | | | math, 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 a | | | | math. |
| full-time student, but most will also allow you to take | | | | Or, you'll have to find a more flexible college. Some will |
| fewer credits, though you'll only be classified as | | | | allow you to design your own major, which is ideal for |
| part-time. If this isn't a tax issue for you or your | | | | people with ADD. That way, you'll be concentrating on |
| parents, being a part-time student with fewer classes | | | | subjects 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 the | | | | The 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 your | | | | terrible 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 Algebra | | | | money because there are always scholarships that |
| and Trig during your first semester, and find it very | | | | you can employ. Yet, if you don't find the right school, |
| difficult to deal with math? One solution would be to | | | | you may end up only hoping for a degree instead of |
| take creative writing, art history, and psychology 101 or | | | | really earning one. |