<p>I would be up front about it for sure as it explains your GPA especially I context with your junior year and excellent SAT & ACT Scores! Explain how u overcame the addiction and what you learned about the experience and yourself! I agree about Ivies - probably won’t accept with the GPA, Umass won’t even consider anything less than a 3.0. With that said, you are obviously smart and give you credit to overcrowd what you went through. Any major state university - esp the large one’s as they are more apt to look at standardized testing for their review. Seriously, best of luck dude!</p>