Is it a good idea to include that I am a homosexual in my additional information section for UF? I am a first gen minority that struggled with their identity a lot during freshman year. I was hospitalized and diagnosed with major depression disorder due to me struggling with my identity, which greatly affected my grades during sophomore year. Will it help or hurt my chances to put this into the additional information section?
It wouldn’t hurt your chances. If you are willing to share then it would be taken into consideration with the rest of your application.
I think that including this would help because it gives UF an explanation as to why your grades may have dipped during sophomore year, I wouldn’t only state that you are gay but rather explain that you were hospitalized and maybe wasn’t attending school and that you were diagnosed with depression at the time. The additional information section is most often used to explain unusual and uncontrollable situations which led to a consequence.