This makes me sad, and we see it so often! The colleges say 'we want to know you- tell us who you are. So much of adolescence is the intensely personal process of working out who you are- and whatever combination of literalness, the desire to be heard / seen / known, and the desire to please the AOs applies leads so many kids to bare their souls way too much. This has become such a thing that now we hear kids who worry that they don’t have anything ‘dramatic enough’ to tell.
To disclose or not disclose dip in grades reason during school closures. ADHD and depression got 504
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