Additional Information section--too personal?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Hi! So to get right to the point, my junior year of high school I was diagnosed with an eating disorder. I often had to miss school due to doctor appointments and therapy. On top of that anti-depressants and the extra stress it added caused my school performance to evidently falter.
9th grade-4.0
10th grade-3.8
<em>11th- 3.1</em>
12th-so far-3.9</p>

<p>Fortunately, my recovery has been verified for months now, and it is all part of my past (as you can see, grades are back to normal senior year). I did not write about my problems in any of my essays; I did not want the reader to feel uncomfortable and I did not want them to think that my past problems define me. However, I have yet to decide if I should mention it in the "additional information" part yet. If I did, it would not be any more detailed than I described it in the beginning of this message.</p>

<p>Any advice?</p>

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<p>Hi! I’m glad to hear that you’ve recovered, but I don’t think you should outright state that you had an eating disorder, since many colleges are hesitant about admitting students who have had past psychological/eating disorders. Instead, maybe put that you had some sort of medical problem, and you could also have your guidance counselor attribute the dip in your grades to your illness in his/her recommendation.</p>

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<p>I agree with the poster above. IMO, I would keep it as a general reference to having medical issues and see if your GC can mention this your rec., as suggested above.</p>

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<p>Didn’t you post this on another forum already?</p>

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<p>@intparent Yes I did! I’m relatively new to CC so I didn’t know where to post it! Thanks for the help everyone</p>