Recommendations...

Applying to College
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<p>I've posted this on another thread, but I wanted more responses to this question...
I had an eating disorder and depression in frosh and soph year, and of course the guidance department and some of my teachers know (the teachers who know me = the ones who will probably write recommendations for me = the teachers who know I have depression, etc.) . By no means am I going to write that down for my essay... but do you think that the teachers and guidance would have to also write about my depression/etc in their recommendations? If so, to what extent? And how would this affect admissions?
I'm afraid that the teachers might mistake my depression as an innately pessimistic personality.</p>

<p>other notes: yeah, it was diagnosed. and secondly, my grades didn't really suffer from it except for one quarter, where my worst grade was a C+ (I still had an A average, however.)</p>

<p>thanks for your advice :)</p>

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<p>..... anybody?</p>

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<p>Unless your depression was a hot discussion topic with your teachers, I don't think they'll make a big deal about it. They have so many students, and unless your problems were spotlighted throughout the year, I sure a lot of them will forget about that. </p>

<p>I have diabetes, and Ive had to leave the classroom a lot, or my pump will start beeping or something, and Im pretty sure that all my teachers have forgotten about it.</p>

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<p>well, it wasn't spotlighted exactly, but the whole pessimism thing really showed through.</p>