<p>I'm 17 and a biology major. I've gotten into USF (University of San Francisco), UC Santa Cruz, UC Irvine, & UC Santa Barbara. I've had a really bad high school experience which was not my fault. I always had straight A's until my 10th grade year when my stupid school put my twin sister and I in AP Spanish when we were supposed to be in Spanish 3. We complained and then they put us in AP Chemistry and never changed it. Let's just say that STRAIGHT A student had a 2.5 GPA first semester of 10th grade because of my stupid high school. I switched to another school the semester after and got a 4.0. In my junior year, I got a 4.3 GPA. I took hard classes and participated in helping homeless and sick animals, piano, musical theatre, choir, ETC. my sat was horribly low (1600) but my problem now is I have an anxiety disorder which I battle EVERYDAY and its emphasis is on separation anxiety. I live close to berekely and want to appeal because I know that separation anxiety will take over me if I go to any other school. I never mentioned having an anxiety disorder in my personal statement, is this worth appealing? I'm scared for my life, I have to be close to home because of my disorder.</p>
<p>GO FOR IT! I similarly have anxiety issues and am using it in my appeal to my top college choice.</p>