Can health problems be brought up in application?

I would advise to think about how significant it is to your application. My daughter had a friend who got cancer sophomore year in high school and spent most of the year in the hospital. She had her school work brought to her and tried to keep up there. She did ok but not as good as before and obviously had no ECs that year. She had been a varsity athlete but wasn’t able to compete at all junior year either as she was still recovering and regaining her strength. By senior year she was back on the varsity team. While I never saw this girl’s application I would be very surprised if her health issues were not mentioned. I know she did well with admissions.

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