<p>okay so i already submitted the majority of my apps so damage done but i was wondering if anyone else had any experience with this...</p>
<p>I had anorexia for a year and a half, it started out with me wanting to run faster in track.. i wasnt trying to have like the perfect body or anything like that, it was almost an accident but anywaysss i'm over it now but it was a huge factor in my choice of major: Psychology, I want to be a therapist</p>
<p>Okay so my question is .. will this totally kill my chances because I used it for many of my supplement essays??
I wrote about how I know what its like to be crazy so I understand addiction and mental illness. I plan to use this insight to treat clients because i feel very few people "get" mental illness
I also want to work to break sterotypes because the ill tend to internalize the idea that theyre weak and stupid, and that mental illnesses are real illnesses like anything else etc etc</p>
<p>i also included a paragraph in my additional info more about like how it started, how i overcame it etc.</p>
<p>I was denied from a competitve ED school (didnt mention the eating disorder) and i feel like it will help me stand out a little since i'm so average (nonminority, good grades, blah blah) - i have a passion for it and i understand insanity on a very real level</p>
<p>straight As, APs and honors, 2200+ on SATs and all that
applying to ivies and slightly less but still competitive schools</p>
<h2>Opinions?</h2>
<p>please ignore my grammar and spelling :)</p>