Health withdrawal - took semester off. Addendum suitable?
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 11:37 pm
I took a semester off freshman year due to anxiety caused from loss in the family. My grades also suffered my first semester because of it.
It was honestly a really tough and formative experience for me because the school I go to has really stringent readmissions protocol and I became involved in advocating for myself and coming back sooner than the red tape set forth by the academic code allowed.
It was very situational, but I’m still worried about stigma.
I can see not centering my personal statement around it being a valid point, but would writing an addendum be acceptable? I just really want to give a holistic view of myself and I feel like this is an important piece of my life that got me to where I am today.
It was honestly a really tough and formative experience for me because the school I go to has really stringent readmissions protocol and I became involved in advocating for myself and coming back sooner than the red tape set forth by the academic code allowed.
It was very situational, but I’m still worried about stigma.
I can see not centering my personal statement around it being a valid point, but would writing an addendum be acceptable? I just really want to give a holistic view of myself and I feel like this is an important piece of my life that got me to where I am today.