<p>I am what some might call "2e", if OCD and GAD count as learning disorders. Smart, yet "hindered." Now, i didn't exactly know what was plaguing me until my senior year (current one) of high school, when i finally got to go to a psychologist and got diagnosed. However, by then, the damage had been done. I started off as rank 40 out of 600( fish year), which is not bad, but i was already going down hill by that point. I finished 101 out of 588. My anxiety and depression were so severe that i didn't care about college, and by the time these factors were assuaged, my only choice for college was my local one, UTSA. Now, my dream has always been to go to a school like MIT. I know i'm capable. My plan is to work with the psychologist so that i can finally show my true potential. Yes, high school is behind me, and i can't really change that. However, i would like to know if its possible to be accepted to somewhere like MIT if i transfer with outstanding this and that from UTSA, as well as with them knowing my situation. Thank you for reading, and thank you for any insight!</p>
<p>I feel like your situation is similar to mine. Socially, I’m very inept. I insult people without realizing how, I interrupt people, and I suffered a lot of anxiety and depression junior year in high school, which I think really started sometime sophomore year (I’m currently a senior). My depression I think partially comes from my social ineptness even though on one hand I have no shortage of acquaintances. </p>
<p>I’ve dealt with it without a psychologist though. I can’t point to anything disrupting me currently since I’ve had a very successful senior year. I think I’ve dealt with whatever the heck I have. But frankly, I’m weird enough that I’m definitely putting myself through psychological screening next year (I’m finally old enough not to need permission from my parents). It’s just that my parents have always just brushed it aside by telling me that it’s just because I’m more intelligent than everyone or that I’m just eccentric. I want to avoid the pitfall of setting myself up with a self-diagnosis, even though today I had a pretty frank conversation with a friend of mine that’s leading me to think I may be autistic. </p>
<p>I’m at the end of my senior year, ranked 54/683 (hopefully in the top 50 or 40 by the time of my graduation), but that’s after dealing with dropping from being in the top 30 to being ranked 108. I’m going to my local state flagship, but MIT is also my dream school. </p>
<p>Sometimes high school just doesn’t stimulate you properly. I feel that that’s really been the core of my problems rather than mental illness. For your case, GAD can be pretty serious though, so definitely get help if you can’t deal with it on your own. </p>
<p>That said, MIT is EXTREMELY hard to transfer into. Look up the common data for it. If I recall correctly they had ~400 transfer applicants and they only accepted 18 last year. Also keep in mind, that those who try to transfer into MIT are probably a very self selecting group to begin with. You definitely need a college GPA of above 3.8 in a difficult freshman course load. Also EC’s and undergraduate research will count A LOT since applying for a transfer is basically a crap shoot as long as you have the grades, and a total waste of time if you don’t. </p>
<p>You could also think about UT Austin, which is a very highly regarded school that you probably won’t have a very difficult time transferring into considering that you’re in state. Don’t limit yourself to MIT. Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, and UC Berkeley seem to be excellent schools that probably have a great department in whatever you’re interested in. Cornell also is strong in sciences and engineering and accepts a relatively high number of transfers compared to the rest of the Ivy League.</p>