Extenuating Circumstances?

zpmqxonw
Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:44:45 +0000

Hi,

I’m a junior this year and I just have a few questions about applying to college next year. I started a dual-enrollment program this year and I love my classes but I didn’t do very well last quarter. I fractured my pelvis in Octoberish. It’s actually more of the top of my hip, but anyway I ended up missing school a little. I fell behind on homework in Calculus and when I got back to school none of the class made sense to me anymore. I ended up with a C+ because I had been doing well before, but I took the class again this quarter with a different professor because I didn’t feel confident enough for Calc 2. I also had a B+ in English that quarter, but that’s not really abnormal for me because English is usually my worst subject anyway.

Anyway, the Calc grade from fall quarter will still show up on my transcript (C+) but it won’t count in my college gpa. Thus, I think I’ll have a 3.9 at the end of this quarter (I currently have a 4.0 in my classes this quarter). ** I guess I’m just wondering if I should still have my counselor include a note about it on my college apps next year. **I haven’t been able to continue my normal extra curriculars because of this injury (I had previously been competing internationally in taekwondo for 11+ years…team captain, national and international champion, all that good stuff). My grades also took a minor dip. However, I don’t know if it’s significant enough to include. I don’t want them to think I’m just making excuses or something.