So to start off, I've been a fairly good student with mostly A's and the occasional single B per year.
I'll just say that the past semester hit me hard. I failed to reach my goals for swim, my grades started to slip a little, started beating myself up about it, and fell into deep depression. I broke connections with my family and friends, and to top it all off, spring break was a no swim week, and I felt extremely lost and confused. Suicidal thoughts filled my head and I had found no value in effort. Telling my family would've been a no go as well because well, I'm Asian, and let's just say extreme emotions would be acted upon me for not getting A's (it's seriously not a joke) and they don't understand mental health.
My grades tanked this semester. From getting A's, I went to C's and D's.
Fortunately, my sister and GF helped me get through my depression. Although not completely out of it yet, it helped get me out of the bottom of it. I managed to scrape what grades I had all up to a B but now I'm really concerned if this would look bad on my application.
I also just got back from SLE session 1, and have one week of school left.
TL;DR (too long; didn't read) : My grades are now all B's for one semester after mental health issues. How much of an impact on my application will it have/how bad does it look on an application?
I'll just say that the past semester hit me hard. I failed to reach my goals for swim, my grades started to slip a little, started beating myself up about it, and fell into deep depression. I broke connections with my family and friends, and to top it all off, spring break was a no swim week, and I felt extremely lost and confused. Suicidal thoughts filled my head and I had found no value in effort. Telling my family would've been a no go as well because well, I'm Asian, and let's just say extreme emotions would be acted upon me for not getting A's (it's seriously not a joke) and they don't understand mental health.
My grades tanked this semester. From getting A's, I went to C's and D's.
Fortunately, my sister and GF helped me get through my depression. Although not completely out of it yet, it helped get me out of the bottom of it. I managed to scrape what grades I had all up to a B but now I'm really concerned if this would look bad on my application.
I also just got back from SLE session 1, and have one week of school left.
TL;DR (too long; didn't read) : My grades are now all B's for one semester after mental health issues. How much of an impact on my application will it have/how bad does it look on an application?