I am sure your suffering has been great.
Before you apply to US colleges, you must improve your command of English, or you will not do well in classes.
Can you take an English writing course? At what level do you speak English?
Do you intend on enrolling in college in Fall of 2021?
I’m not being dismissive of your suffering. I’m simply pointing out that a health condition is not a qualification or a hook. You need to demonstrate fit-for-purpose. You stated that you haven’t been able to do anything since leaving high school. You’re expressing interest in some of the most selective universities in the United States (and you’re an international applicant). HOW are you going to demonstrate that you are a “fit”? What do you have to offer these schools, and how will you prove it?
you mean from academic perspectives?
@cma1219 Elite colleges, in fact all colleges, are looking for evidence of raw brainpower and sufficient preparation to thrive in a highly competitive academic environment. In addition they’re looking for students who have shown they’re likely to make an impact on the world through focused academic drive and/or special skills.
As others have indicated, overcoming a devastating condition, as difficult and praiseworthy as it might be, is not enough to prove these things.
I would suggest you look at some of the results threads on the Ivy League forums. You’ll see that these schools turn down tens of thousands of students with virtually perfect records. What do you think you offer that would lead admissions to offer you a place over some of these other students?
Have you looked at options within your own country? If not, why not?
This is a huge problem. The universities do not pick and choose you according to a physical condition. Also, health insurance is a huge problem in the US for millions of people who cannot be insured. Given your history mentioned here, no insurer would take the risk to insure you. The universities REQUIRE health insurance usually underwritten by a US company. No insurance, no admittance.
Your lack of cohesiveness in your writing skills is a huge detractor.
. The fact that you are unaware of it, and make excuses for it, demonstrates that these schools are way out of your reach. There is no mention here of what you would study-just to be admitted as a “sufferer”. That’s an important omission.
Your age has nothing to do with being accepted. Test scores, taken in high school, GPA, strong essays, and significant extracurricular activities, are what the average US universities expect of every candidate. The Ivies expect MORE. They really don’t choose to admit “victims”, but “people” who have used their challenges to foster hope in others.
To answer your question: No one here has the specific details of your case, so it’s impossible to offer a reliable opinion as to whether or not it will be compelling in your quest for Ivy League admission. And this is not the place to share those details.
And you haven’t provided a GPA, and have indicated that you haven’t taken the SAT/ACT. Without those two numbers, additional relevant discussion is difficult if not impossible.
Yes, from an academic perspective. What the poster upthread left out about Malala Yousafzai is that she also had 3 A’s at A-level (and exceptional GCSE’s)- in other words, she had the academic requirements for Oxford and all those other things. For universities, like Harvard and Columbia that accept 5-7% of their applicants, the and is critical…
Overcoming a challenge is one thing, but the purpose of going to university is education. What do you want from a college education? that matters. All of the ‘non-traditional’ student routes will want to know. If you have a good reason for why you want the education that the university offers, and some test scores to go with it - go for it.
What is your purpose for your education? Why are you only looking at Ivy-level institutions right now?
There are nearly 4,000 undergraduate institutions in the US. Lots of them would be happy to admit you. However, you need to better define your goals.
I have a question similar to this. Will colleges factor my chronic illness into admission decisions? I have a 3.8ish UW GPA made worse because my school lowered my grades due to attendance one year (my chronic illness meant that I missed slightly under half the year of school that year). Obviously, not looking at the ivies due to my less than stellar stats but I was hoping that a T30 isn’t out of reach. I have 11 APs including 3 in 8th grade before my illness got worse got so bad if that helps.
If a college suspects your illness will prevent you from completing your studies in a timely manner, then, yes, it will factor in their decision and not in a good way. That’s why highly competitive colleges such as T30s expect you to have accomplishments above and beyond managing your medical condition. They want hard evidence/proof - not just your word - that you likely can not only manage your studies, but will contribute to campus and community life as well. And even that’s a minimum expectation for T30s.
Now as other posters have mentioned, there are a lot of US colleges with varying degrees of expectations that you would not only have a better chance at admissions, but that may offer better or more appropriate accommodations. But you only seem to be interested in prestige. That’s fine. You need to understand that those colleges are very likely to feel bad for you while still not admitting you. They aren’t interested in what happened to you (fibromyalgia) so much as what you made happen (your impact outside of you and your family). See the difference?