<p>Even though obviously lying is wrong, I think the OP makes a legitimate point and I personally hate when people on these forums attack people for just asking a question. It’s not like he/she asked if selling cocaine to the adcom would get him/her into Harvard. He/she wanted to know whether or not he/she should put 10-12 as opposed to 11+12, and that isn’t such a bad question.</p>
<p>My advice to you dreamsofivy is to possibly have your counselor mentioned your anxiety problems and how that affected you. You said you had excessive absences, so that may be seen as legitimate. When in doubt, tell the truth, because even though the above statements were quite dysphemistic, they were true. You don’t want to start off the college process on the wrong foot, because if they find out about your lie they could rescind you.</p>