How to explain a bad year

irishrabbit
Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:31:07 +0000

I would make sure they know you know it looks bad. You don’t have to go into detail, but emphasize that you have made great strides and have a lot of confidence that you will continue to be successful in college. Explain what you learned from the experience. For example, you will always have personal problems, but you have learned X,Y,Z, about how to handle such a situation. In other words, how would you handle it differently if you run into personal problems in the future?