Admission with "bad" transcripts - Political Science

trekker02
Sat, 19 Jan 2013 11:43:53 +0000

I’m going through the grad school application process right now and I have a story slightly similar to yours. I’m a non-traditional student with a semester of F’s and an academic dismissal on a transcript. I included that transcript and mentioned dropping out as part of my personal statement. In general I’ve been informed that they don’t really care about that since I’ve since made it up with a strong performance at my current institution and have solid LORs and research experience. I’d say include them and explain your situation, and you shouldn’t have much trouble, especially if your last 2 years look as solid as you explained here.