Bad Grades Freshman/Sophomore Year

kevpink
Fri, 13 Aug 2021 01:03:21 +0000

Hello Everyone!
I am currently a senior in high school and I am heavily considering applying to Vanderbilt Early Decision 1. Unfortunately, my freshman and sophomore year I struggled with severe undiagnosed ADHD, and my grades struggled throughout. For the most part, I took the most rigorous courses my school offered (with maybe one or two exceptions) and received a strong mix of A’s and B’s with a few C’s. Once I was medicated and diagnosed with ADHD my grades shot up and I received all A’s and one B junior year. I plan to mention this in the “additional information” section of my application but is there anything more (other than getting straight A’s first semester) that I can do to show Vanderbilt my growth. My counselor retired last year and I plan on having a conversation with my new counselor and possibly seeing if she could mention it on the recommendation letter I will ask her to write but I am just not sure.
Any and all thoughts and advice are greatly appreciated! Please let me know if you need more information.