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[quote=Anonymous]My anxiety disorder manifested my first year in college during spring semester.  I battled through at first, but by the end of the semester I was emailing professors and making alternate arrangements because the anxiety attacks I got in class were so severe.  The mental health center on campus was a big help with facilitating these arrangements as well.

That summer I ended up deciding to apply for a leave of absence with the university.  It was a simple process and I was able to enroll at NOVA while we figured out which meds worked best for me so I didn't fall behind.  I did NOVA for a year while I got my anxiety under control and then was able to go back to my university for my Junior year.

At first I was a bit embarrassed by it but then I learned that students leaving for a year was much more common than I thought.  My on campus counselor I met with told me that kids going to ivies take their gap year before starting college but those going to other universities are more prone to take gap years after the first year or between junior and senior year.  [/quote]

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