<p>Earlier this year I applied to transfer to Wesleyan University. Currently, I’m at another liberal arts college, where I am unhappy for a variety of reasons - not enough EC opportunities, a competitive student body, etc. - but mostly because there is a LOT of work. I went to a boarding school where there was a lot of work, so it’s not that I want to loaf around, it’s just that I want to go somewhere where everyone feels comfortable being in a play, and volunteering, and something else fun, as well as taking/doing well in their courses. </p>
<p>At any rate, I was put on the waiting list. It’s the only school I applied to transfer to because it’s the only one I wanted to go to. I sent in two extra recommendations, had the head of my local alumni association write me a rec, and the headmaster of my high school (a Wes alum) called as well (I didn’t ask him to, but he was the one who turned me on to Wes, and is as adamant as I that I go there). I sent in a creative writing sample as well.</p>
<p>I recently got my grades, however, and while I did well in three classes (a history and 2 English courses), I got a C+ in my Geology class. So here’s where I need advice: I was diagnosed with clinical depression about 2 years ago. Mostly, I get along fine, but I do have moments. This past spring, I was consistently so overwhelmed not necessarily by the work, but by the learning environment - the competition, the feeling that I just did not fit in, and the cattiness of the girls (it’s a women’s college). I had frequent anxiety attacks, particularly relating to when I got hit by a car at age 13 (that’s something that has never bothered me until this year. I usually use it as an amusing anecdote). Often, I had to leave a class or, as in the case of Geology, did not go to class because I was physically ill. (I spoke to the prof about this, and she wasn’t very sympathetic, as evidenced by my grade.)</p>
<p>I was planning to write Wes a letter saying, I REALLY want to come here, and this is why, etc etc. just to reinforce my interest. But now I feel like if I don’t say anything about this grade, I will not get in. But I don’t want to just say, “There was too much work,” because as Wes is a “bigger deal” school than mine, they might feel that I’d be unable to succeed there.</p>
<p>Sorry this was so long, but I wanted to give a sense of the whole situation…hopefully someone has had a similar experience and can let me know what they did, or someone is wonderfully diplomatic with words!</p>