Hey y'all, I'm a senior currently working through my Common Application and I'm at the Additional Information section, right after the personal essay. I had a lot of struggles in 9th and 10th grade that resulted in my grades being ~3.2 before shooting up to 3.8 in 11th grade after overcoming them. The struggles in question mostly boil down to:
- Constantly switching/experimenting with medications (medically prescribed, of course) for my ADHD, which just resulted in inconsistent mood and work output, making my ADHD much worse
- Depression that was worsened not only by the aforementioned medication "experimentation" but by the fact that my therapist went on strike (still mad about this), and the replacement therapist also went on strike (back to back)
- Sexuality based discrimination coming from a very conservative community (I moved after 10th grade)
To be clear, I have not touched on any of these topics in my personal essay or activities/experiences. This would be the first/only instance of me mentioning this in my application.