<p>Hi,
I was wondering... if I have a so-called "record" in my school-- not a criminal record, but a slight hinting that I might have suffered from depression (not very uncommon, I know...) during freshman and sophomore year, would that affect my admissions? It wasn't really anything bad-- nobody caught me doing anything and I didn't do anything "disturbing", but for a while I was very stressed out and had some dark thoughts.
Anyway, my guidance counselor knows a bit about it, but otherwise I'm a good student. How much would this impact me?
thx.</p>
<p>What prompted it? If it's something serious like family hardships, deaths, etc, it may go towards your favor.</p>
<p>My opinion-the high school counselor would have to mention it for them to know about it-as the "record" would not likely be on the transcript that is sent from the school.</p>
<p>That information should be confidential and your guidance counselor won't mention it in the rec unless you ask him/her to. Perhaps you should bring it up in a meeting.</p>