Highlighting low GPA reasons in grad school application

juillet
Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:14:26 +0000

It depends on the reason why.

If you had a significant illness or family issues that are now resolved, you could either briefly mention it in your personal statement or have a recommender discuss it. One of my recommenders discussed my junior year health issues in her letter and thus, I didn’t have to discuss them myself.

But if it was just normal freshman adjustment stuff or there was no particular reason, then I wouldn’t try to explain it.