Chance Me as a Harvard Transfer

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Health issues are not a red flag for admission. Harvard does not discriminate.

While that’s the “official line” at colleges, the reality is a bit more nuanced: https://www.usnews.com/education/articles/2008/05/01/should-i-mention-depression-on-my-college-application

Colleges cannot legally deny admission specifically on the basis of mental illness, but it’s hard to account for how that characteristic figures into the calculus of who gets in and who doesn’t.

Sally Rubenstone, senior counselor with CollegeConfidential.com and coauthor of Panicked Parents’ Guide to College Admission, says being forthright about past behavior or mental health problems doesn’t mean “The Jerry Springerization of the College Admissions Essay.” “Sometimes I have to implore [students] to stay mum,” she says. “There are clearly times when personal problems are too personal—or inappropriate—to include in a college essay.”