Should I even apply?

Colleges & Universities Columbia University
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<p>Background:</p>

<p>Residence: South Carolina
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Income (family of 3 children, 2 dependent and both in college): ~$145,000</p>

<p>Academic:</p>

<p>Rank: School does not rank
GPA: ~4.6 unweighted, ~4.0 weighted
ACT: 35 Composite (36 English, 32 Math, 36 Science, 36 Reading)
ACT Writing: 12/12
AP: (not many available at school)
9th Grade: –
10th Grade: AP Euro (5)
11th Grade: AP US (?),
12th Grade: AP Psych (?), AP Eng (?), AP Stat (?), AP US Gov./Politics (?)
Honors:
9th Grade: English 1, Biology, Geometry
10th Grade: American Literature, Chemistry, Algebra 2
11th Grade: French III
12th Grade: (?)</p>

<p>Extra-curriculars </p>

<p>Yearbook page designer 9th and 11th grade; editor 12th grade
Played JV Soccer 10th grade
NHS Member
Beta Club Member
^150+ volunteer hours
Class President 9th and 11th grade; 2nd place for President in 10th
Student Body President 12th grade
Accepted to and attending Davidson College summer program</p>

<p>*ALSO: I am type 1 diabetic and have mental health problems; will this help at all?</p>

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<p>P.S. I have really good recommendations and essay</p>

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<p>Are you seriously going to try and use your ailments to help you get in? I have heart problems and a mental illness and I didn’t once mention that on my application except to explain my missing grades freshman year because I was hospitalized. If you feel your illnesses define you, then include them. I feel as though I am more than the things in life I can’t control, so I did not.</p>

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<p>How would being a diabetic with mental health problems “help at all”? Unless they are the subject of your college essays, these conditions are absolutely irrelevant to any kind of admissions decision. Columbia has no quotas for either diabetics or applicants with mental health problems.</p>

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<p>Columbia has a strict no-diabetics policy. Sorry.</p>