<p>Would discussing past treatment for an eating disorder be appropriate in a common application essay?</p>
<p>You could certainly do it as a sort of “Obstacle” essay. As with all other essay questions, anything (pretty much) can be good if you write it well and spend time on it. Good luck and happy writing!</p>
<p>Make sure that it doesn’t turn into a “Woe is me” essay.</p>
<p>^true… which is sometimes hard to avoid with certain things… another idea though. Does a teacher / counselor know about your disease / struggle with it. It would be better for them to talk about it (and more credible/useful) and you to talk about another thing-like an EC that you are passionate about or something else you love to do or somethingunique about yourself.</p>
<p>Thanks for your post.</p>