Statement on the difficulty I had in school and life after I was forced to quit my sport (figure skating) when my mother lost her job; she and I both had depression, it affected my life greatly, I had overcome it and returned to the sport later when she found another job.

explained why I got the extremely low grade for one semester of AP US history and some of the other low grades around that time (explanation being depression and bad personal stuff happening)

I don't regret applying to schools that were clearly beyond me (Harvard, Yale, etc). I would have always wondered if I hadn't applied, and it was still a good experience to fill out the applications. I was interviewed by Harvard and Duke,...

I am taking the MCAT in two months, and I'm now researching medical schools to apply to....

I got recommendations from my chemistry teacher, my AP calc AB teacher, and my band director. I actually got to read the band director's letter, and it seemed great at the time, but it turned out he wrote basically the same thing for everyone. I thought he might know me "personally" the best, but I don't think he really did. I liked my chem and AP calc teachers a lot, but once again, I don't think they really knew me. I'm running into the same things now as I apply to medical schools. Colleges don't want to see letters of...