Address Shortcomings on SOP?

chibichan
Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:13:55 +0000

I think it depends how bad the flaws in your application are… if sub par means 50%ile and you don’t have time to retake it, I wouldn’t draw attention to it by mentioning it. If it’s single digit, you might have some explaining to do… but at that point I think it would be much better just to retake the test. Same with your withdrawal… if it’s as you say, unrelated to your major, then I wouldn’t draw attention to it, lots of people drop a class. Focus on what makes you good, rather than making excuses for mediocrity. That’s my opinion, I’m not going to talk about the calculus class I dropped and retook, nor my sub par analytical writing score.