Is this a bad topic for college essays?

I was previously in an emotionally abusive relationship throughout my junior year. Which is what many would say as the most important year of high school. What really freaked me out is how much my grades dropped because instead of studying I would break down and cry and feel so worn down and drained from fighting constantly that I just wanted to sleep to null the pain. It was horrible as well ince I took AP physics and AP chem, two very hard APs this year as well hich would have required lot of work.I know this isn’t a very good excuse for my drop in grades since it might come off as I’m weak and wasn’t strong enough to handle a relationship and school but this was a life changing experience for me and I wanted to answe the overcoming failure prompt. I lost all my self esteem and confidence this year but after the break up, I’m getting stronger and gained a lot lot confidence-even more than I had before. I have also started a blog to share my experience with other teens in emotionally abusive relationships and to share some advice . Would college admissions think I’m petty to talk about a relationship problem in my college essays? I’m very worried.

I would let my guidance counselor know the story, and ask her to include that as part of her letter.

Your letter should “give them a reason to say yes” to your application. I think you can probably come up with a topic that does so more readily.

From what I read, I think you’ll be fine as long as you focus on you rather than the breakup… show how you changed, etc…