Acceptance to Berkeley.. But medical problems caused changed schedule

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<p>Hey guys, sorry if this is the wrong place to put this or something, I just made this account because I don't really know what to do. </p>

<p>So I applied to UC Berkeley in October, when I was supposed to be taking four AP Classes and an advanced foreign language course. I've been a perfect student up until this point, a 4.0 unweighted GPA, great extracurriculars, good SAT Score, all that stuff. But another thing of note is that I have had some medical issues, until quite recently entirely undiagnosed, which have made this past few months very hard. </p>

<p>As a quick recap of my condition, I have Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome, or POTS. It's a condition of the circulatory system where the heart does not pump blood like it's supposed to, and it can mess with literally every single system in the body. I shan't go into the symptoms for the sake of not being gross, but it's not pretty and it makes the person basically bedridden, not able to eat or drink or think properly. So I was undiagnosed with this condition, and not going to school for days and weeks on end because I was having such strong symptoms. I dropped two of my AP Classes, made the other two independent study, and enrolled as basically an online student because I was not attending school enough to be counted in the roster. </p>

<p>So I got accepted into Berkeley, which is by far my first choice because of its amazing Disabled Students program. But, obviously, I need to tell them about the changes I have made to my schedule, especially because it says in their conditions of admission that I need to tell them immediately that my schedule is changed. My high school counselor is planning to call them later this week to discuss it, but maybe I should do it since they seemed to want to contact only me? And how would I even go about explaining it in a way that didn't seem forced and insincere, like I was just making it up and changed my schedule because I was lazy? How screwed do you guys think I am? </p>

<p>Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. I'm just kind of at a loss. </p>

<p>Thanks so much!</p>

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<p>I don’t think you’re screwed at all and I can’t think of any way you could phrase your situation where it would sound insincere. No one expects anyone to make up a medical condition to get out of classes! There’s just too many ways for you to prove you’re telling the truth.
Go ahead and let your counselor call, maybe you can call beforehand and explain your situation and let them know your counselor will be calling. </p>

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<p>Thank you for the reply :slight_smile: I think you’re right</p>

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<li>First of all, you need to contact the admissions department directly and ask to talk to the person who manages schedule changes for newly admitted freshmen and speak to them ASAP. The problem is, your counselor might not put it to them in the right way, and not make it very clear the only reason you dropped those classes is because you were diagnosed with a very serious medical condition.</li>
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<p>2.I think you should be fine for admissions. The only reason people get admissions revoked is senioritis/ slacking off.</p>

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