<p>Hello,
I am a junior but I am posting in this forum because I've heard junior year is the most crucial and I am very worried about not meeting expectations. </p>
<p>Basically, as the title says, I have had some health problems that have caused some disruption from school. In freshman year to now I've been struggling with depression, though it seems better now. This past summer I had mono and the fatigue lingered for the first three months of school. </p>
<p>And currently, I have a D in AB Calc and a C in AP Physics C, but other than that, all As. The AB Calc is because the make-up policy didn't allow me to retake a test even though it was an excused absence. For Physics, which I have after lunch, I fell asleep a few times at the beginning of the year due to the lingering mono symptoms. </p>
<p>I may, at present, be coming down with some other form of mono or something again. My lymph nodes are swollen and it really feels like it did when I had mono in the summer.</p>
<p>It is very weird because before high school, I never, ever got sick. But since high school started, I've been getting majorly sick every year at least once.</p>
<p>How would I inform colleges about this? And have I totally screwed my chances? And, what about summer programs? I really, really, really want to go to a research summer program this summer and hopefully be able to go on to further competition level for next year Siemens.</p>
<p>I would like to go somewhere that isn't quite ivy-level but is still kind of competitive, for example Bryn Mawr, Brandeis or U Rochester. Basically, a suburban campus is nice, and while I do not really care where the school is, I would prefer not to be landlocked. Also, I am interested in majoring in neuroscience. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p>
