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Hey people

I'm trying to put together a health addendum that relates to my GPA as well as LSAT performance. It's a necessary part of my application, and it's legit - I have narcolepsy and was not medicated until a month or so ago.

I realize addenda are generally supposed to be as brief as possible, but I've taken up a little more than a page single spaced. It's actually slightly longer than my PS. Do you think it's ok since it addresses multiple "numbers issues" as well as a general health issue? Should I assume they know what narcolepsy is and completely cut out any explanation of the disorder? I could make it a couple lines long and say "I have narcolepsy, didn't know wtf was going on, now I'm all good", but I dunno, it feels a bit empty like that.

Alternatively, should I just use it as a diversity statement?

Advice would be appreciated, as always.

Thanks

I do not know what would be appropriate, but I would say that over a page single spaced is probably too long. Make it as short as you can with all of the relevant information (sorry that is so vague ><).

I would bet they knew would narcolepsy is. Perhaps you should just explain how severe your case of it is.

Concision is a virtue.

cubswin wrote: Concision is a virtue.

Absolutely. With all the explaining I've had to do over the past few years, I guess I'm just tempted to go down that road and babble. Will cut it down.

Thanks guys, best of luck with all your apps.

Be as concise as possible, they will appreciate that.

That said, if it takes that long to accurately explain what happened and why it is relevant, then I guess there is not much you can do about it. I am guessing you can probably cut a few things out, and I agree with the previous poster who said that anything over one page single spaced is a little much.

Whether you need to explain narcolepsy depends on what you are saying about it. It would help if we could read what you wrote.

Without having read it, I think your addendum is too long. You want to explain what narcolepsy is and how it has affected your GPA and LSAT. I imagine that wouldn't be more than two or three paragraphs.