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On the background section of ADEA AADSAS, they ask:
"Has your education ever been interrupted or affected adversely for reasons other than deficiencies in conduct or academic performance?"
I indeed suffered from serious illness over two months. I wrote:
"During the Fall 2014 semester, I suffered from ineffably excruciating headache and rashes over two months, which undeniably affected my academic potential. Doctors at (censored) could not diagnose the exact cause. They thus ran blood test on me, and found foreign proteins free-floating most likely due to unknown bacterial infection (I hypothesize that the bacteria were highly localized within tissues, but were releasing toxic byproducts into the bloodstream). They prescribed Amoxillin 500mg antibiotics, and the pain was alleviated over the few weeks. The following year, I repeated a course I did poorly on and achieved A-."
Does this sound like an excuse? I don't know how else to elaborate the old situation. I was indeed extremely sick for reason I do not seem to recognize. Any suggestions?
"Has your education ever been interrupted or affected adversely for reasons other than deficiencies in conduct or academic performance?"
I indeed suffered from serious illness over two months. I wrote:
"During the Fall 2014 semester, I suffered from ineffably excruciating headache and rashes over two months, which undeniably affected my academic potential. Doctors at (censored) could not diagnose the exact cause. They thus ran blood test on me, and found foreign proteins free-floating most likely due to unknown bacterial infection (I hypothesize that the bacteria were highly localized within tissues, but were releasing toxic byproducts into the bloodstream). They prescribed Amoxillin 500mg antibiotics, and the pain was alleviated over the few weeks. The following year, I repeated a course I did poorly on and achieved A-."
Does this sound like an excuse? I don't know how else to elaborate the old situation. I was indeed extremely sick for reason I do not seem to recognize. Any suggestions?