I agree with you. I lean more toward the other two topics personally. I think my fear (and it’s a big one, honestly the C in that math class has been eating away at me a lot recently) is that if the grade is never addressed then colleges will look at it and dismiss me, since it’s impacted my GPA and transcript
There was causation for the grade but colleges won’t know unless I tell them. I’ve also overcome these troubles, and some of my ECs are even related to helping out other kids who faced similar situations as I did (I’ve started tutoring programs for inner city kids in failing schools struggling at math/reading)
It is a weakness, but wouldn’t it be weaker to not address it? Is it wiser to put it in the additional information section?