<p>Like the title says how much do hardships weigh in at UCB?</p>
<p>I’ve been through a lot of hardships throughout high school and have had to take on responsibilities that no normal high school student can handle and has seriosly affected me academically.</p>
<p>Can you use the essay to show how hardships affected you academically and will you still have a decent chance?</p>
<p>I had hardships during hs and although I did not focus on them in my essays, I did write about them briefly in the additional comments section. Berkeley gave me a borderline/disadvantaged supplement in which I went into great detail about my circumstances. I am pretty sure they care, otherwise, why would they have given me a fourteen question questionnare about my disadvantages?</p>
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