You’re one of the best students in your class and grade. You have high scores. What is making you feel like you are not a top student? In the college application process, students are judged within the context of their school. So I’m not sure you have anything you need to explain. I think the advice here is to not bring up the illness. Don’t take that advice as criticism of your application. Take it as a set of outside observers telling you that the explanation runs the risk of sounding like excuse-making, and that you may be being too critical of your own academic record. Let your top-of-your-school grades speak for themselves.
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