<p>MYOS,</p>
<p>I appreciate the detailed response. That being said, there were many external causes for the low GPA (that also, at the time, progressed my drug use).</p>
<p>Still, I am applying to OSU, Purdue, Brown, Case, NYU, UChicago, and USC.</p>
<p>On top of this is a local 4 year university that will remain unnamed for security purposes. I know I can get accepted to it, and after communications with a prof. I will also most likely not have to pay a dime.</p>
<p>All this being said, there seems to be a slight misunderstanding about addiction and the role of an addict as victim here. You do not simply choose to become an alcoholic/addict, or overdrink/overuse so many times to get to the point. From the moment I tried either for the first time it was too late. I was just born with an allergy towards mind altering substances.</p>
<p>Still, thanks for the advice. Although my essay is going to be about addiction. At this point, I don’t see anything else that could possibly save me. And to be honest, a story of triumph over a deadly illness is not what I consider “druggie applicant” material.</p>
<p>Everyone else, thanks for the confidence. Wish me luck, I’ve spent far too long surrounded by less intelligent souls and it’s starting to kill me emotionally.</p>