<p>I figured parents would have a better idea about this one. I already applied everywhere, so this thread doesn't carry any weight ... but I was curious if I made the right decision not to mention this.
I suffer from a mental disorder - BPD - and I haven't had an episode for 2 years now. As you can imagine, my grades and whatnot took a turn for thea worse and life was kinda hard for me. Should I have mentioned this or would they have considered me a 'crazy'?</p>
<p>Often if students have an anomaly in grades because of accident, illness or what have you, it does help to explain in an essay, how you coped with the challenge.
Is it possible that your high school counselor mentioned it?</p>
<p>errr. All health issues should be mentioned, at least those that qualify for the help of disability services.</p>
<p>However, if you feel like you didn’t need to mention it, then so be it.</p>
<p>Lots of kids go off to college with a range of stuff (myself i have aspergers, adhd, anxiety and stress issues) :P</p>
<p>Don’t sweat it.</p>
<p>It wasn’t a significant grade drop - I got a b both fresh and sophmore years and was generally very inactive outside of school. I’m not really sure what this indicates. College is highly stressful for me. I just want it to work out.</p>
<p>To be honest, certain parts of college are similar to HS, at least imo they are.</p>
<p>If it becomes a problem, you can always seek help from the counsleing services on campus.</p>
<p>There are two schools of thought on this, and I really don’t think there is one right answer. If a full recovery has been made it can often be beneficial to explain the reason for a drop in grades. Often a GC will do this as it can sometimes sound like whining from a student. If the condition is chronic or there is a fear that ad coms might think it could recur many students feel it’s better to wait and see where they get accepted and then found out which schools will be friendliest if there is a recurrence.</p>