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Legitimate Supplementary Application Reasons
What are legitimate supplementary application reasons? So you don't sound like...a person that doesn't take responsibility for their own actions and blames everyone but themselves for their failures?
There's only one university I want to go so bad! I worked so hard but the work has been so hard and fast-paced (if I had more time it would have been good but I was always 3 steps behind on everything and then a test hits!). The teachers' teaching methods weren't great, not to mention that for one science course, textbooks weren't available for us to take home.
I've been secretly dealing with my self esteem and mental health issues. I've been going to self esteem work shops at night and going to counselling appointments to deal with day to day troubles and resolving past issues, and seeing a psychiatrist to deal with my depression and anxiety (perhaps OCPD she said). SO even though I don’t have a part time job or involve in extracurricular activities (I volunteer on weekends), it kinda makes up for it plus sometimes I have to miss a class because appointments are only available during school hours so I have to leave at some point during school.
Are these things I should put in my application? Or what have you put in yours?
What else can apply? Should I even put anything about the second paragraph? I mean people judge, so I'm just really scared and concerned.
If I have to stay back another year to try and get in, I will but I'm just filling in the application hoping that they'll accept me this year.
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A bit more about yourself would have been useful, such as an age, SAT score, GPA, and whether you are in-state or not.
I went with the assumption that you are fresh out of highschool.
"Are these things I should put in my application? Or what have you put in yours?"
You should put in your volunteering experience, certainly. With my application, I was able to put down that I had volunteering experience and extracurricular and school activities.
I also did an essay in which I wrote a few paragraphs on the topic. If the supplementary section of the application has an optional essay, I suggest you do it.
I wouldn't recommend adding that you have mental health issues, as this may raise concerns, and I honestly would avoid claiming that your previous school is at fault. While I sympathize with you, the people in control of applications may consider this an excuse.
It's entirely possible you can arrange your schedule around your appointments, and some professors do not mind if you are in class or not. If not, you probably can work out something if you explain your situation.
If you don't get in the first time, you can always attend a tech school or another college and transfer to that university sophomore year.
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