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<p>One of the stupidest comments I’ve read on CC in a long time.</p>
<p>“One of the stupidest comments I’ve read on CC in a long time.”</p>
<p>Agreed… not simply because it was offensive, but because it was foreseeable that it would sidetrack the merits of the thread.</p>
<p>The key issue is whether or not this disability - however caused - is likely to impact the student’s ability to succeed at Harvard or not. They may have all the sympathy in the world for your situation and admiration for your ability to handle it, but if they think that you’re going to have trouble getting the work done, chances are you’ll fall into the 93% pile getting a rejection letter. So, I’d mention it only in the context of having a strategy of overcoming it. </p>
<p>And, if there hasn’t been a truly successful strategy … well, you didn’t ask, but I’ll join the chorus of those asking - “why would you want to throw yourself into a situation where you’ll likely be miserable in trying to make it through Harvard by the skin of your teeth and with a ton of hard work simply to be able to say that you’ve got a Harvard education?”</p>
<p>I think Harvard is a very, very long shot. Sorry. Your problem, IMO, is twofold.</p>
<p>First, although you’re an African American woman, Harvard is going to get hundreds of applications from other AA women who have GPA well over 3.5 and ACT 34 or higher (or equivalent SAT scores). </p>
<p>Second is the problem with maladaptive daydreaming. It may be real, but it’s not well established or widely known. I have a child with a chronic condition that’s also kind of fuzzily defined and poorly understood–the kind where a doctor might say to you, “Well, this is what you have, if you even believe there’s such a thing as this”–so I have some understanding of how this must frustrate you, but it’s a serious problem for you. Moreover, there’s the problem that UrsaMajoric articulated: perhaps you’ve been able to identify and describe a problem that has hindered your achievement in high school, but unless you can explain why it won’t continue to hamper your achievement in college, it’s a fair basis for admitting another student instead of you. It’s wrong to discriminate against a person with a disability when that disability would not interfere with his or her ability to do work. Thanks to adaptive technology, blind people or people in wheelchairs are perfectly capable of working in, say, a law office. But there isn’t an adaptive technology that makes it possible for a blind person to be an effective airline pilot, so airlines do not have to hire blind people as pilots. All of this is a long way of saying, I don’t think they’re going to cut you much slack for the maladaptive daydreaming. And certainly not enough slack to overcome problem number one, above.</p>
<p>I’m sorry.</p>
<p>You clearly have good grades and good standardized test scores. I’m sure many colleges and universities will try to woo you, and entice you to enroll there. And I’m sure you’ll do well, too. But I think that, realistically, your chances at Harvard are just about nil.</p>
<p>I AM AN IDIOT!</p>
<p>I just spent a lot of time and effort answering a question that the OP asked eight months ago.</p>
<p>Can one of the mods lock this thread?</p>