<p>Would writing an essay on mental illness help me or hurt my college chances? My essay is about overcoming the mental illness with art/new interests/ and ambitions. I just dont know whether it would be good or bad to say that i had an obscure mental illness for a couple years.</p>
<p>I think it could be fascinating, especially the way you dealt with it. I think it would be a mistake to ignore that topic as a potential.</p>
<p>You probably can't tell until you write the essay.</p>
<p>If you just wrote about an illness, that wouldn't be good, but ifg you can show what you learned, how you changed, and all that good stuff, then it could be a very good essay.</p>