<p>So, I came out of HS with a 3.9 GPA, 5s on 9 APs, 2xxx SAT Score, and with a lot of leadership and extracurricular experiences.</p>
<p>However, as my Freshman year of college progressed this past year, my GPA continually dropped each quarter only due to an Honors math class (consider a 2.0 class dropping all your 4.0s) and the fact that I was overloaded on credits on the quarter system. Right now I'm at a 3.39 cumulative, and a 3.98 in my major.</p>
<p>However, I found out the problem behind this.
Firstly, besides working part time to support my parents (unemployed), I apparently had was hiding ADHD (I was only diagnosed one month ago) which may explain the drop in grades.</p>
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Would anybody happen to know how accepting colleges, especially in the Top 10, are towards medical reasons for slips in GPA for their transfer applicants?**</p>
<p>I'm going to work hard this year, and my GPA should get back to about a 3.6 (I'm a dual sciences major by the way), and I'll be a pretty important person on campus (with a position that pays for my room and board).
I have also learned that I can retroactively drop some of my lowest grade classes via a medical hardship waiver, but my transcript will say they were removed due to those reasons.</p>
<p>So would, say the Ivies, be more forgiving if they see an upward increase in GPA with these excuses, and would they care about the hardship waiver of grades?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>P.S. I would appreciate people refraining from commenting on the whole ADHD thing. I was also reluctant to believe it... but it explains a lot for a different reason which I won't go into.</p>
<p>Like most of the transfer process, there isn’t a lot of data, but transfer acceptance rates to most top schools are lower than they are for freshmen. I think colleges would like to be understanding, but the reality is that there is no shortage of students with 4.0s in high school and college with stellar extracurriculars vying for transfer spots at the top schools. </p>
<p>You can find the total number of transfer students who applied/ were accepted at most schools on the college board website.</p>
<p>Except, if you were a psychiatrist, you would know about comorbidity with psychological disorders.
I’m not going to elaborate here, but up until recently I had something that masked the ADHD. Now that the other problem is gone, the current problem is visible.
This is a well documented phenomenon.</p>
<p>well my major is HD/psych, so actually i do know, but still it’s just an excuse. as collegeruled said, top schools aren’t exactly lacking in perfect applicants. this will only make it harder for you. schools also don’t like to see anything about psychological problems to begin with, because that makes them question your ability to stay focused there anyway. so i hope you have something better to say</p>
<p>Anyway,
What I might do is just drop a bunch of classes with the medical hardship waiver. Would perspective transfer colleges ask why the credits/grades were removed, and would that impact one negatively?</p>
<p>they’ll ask but you can just say it was a medical reason and then don’t get specific. the issue there is then they won’t have enough grades to judge you on</p>