Thank you so much, you each have fantastic advice. You've really helped me put the situation in perspective. :) I guess I was never clear on what exactly is expected in a statement of purpose, but what you've said makes a lot of sense and I'll definitely bear it in mind when writing my SoP.
Hi, I'm applying to grad schools for physics for next fall after having a rather terrible senior year due to depression and anxiety. It definitely affected my grades (my overall gpa is still 3.5 though) and contributed to a bad and frankly useless experience at my REU. (I didn't really have a...