Please help very important question

Applying to College
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<p>Ok so I read online that if there was a legitimate reason why you messed up one semester or year that you should let the college know.</p>

<p>Well when my freshman year started my mom left my me and moved away. It was a very hard time for me and for that my grades didn’t do so good. I was moving around from home to home and was emotionally traumatized…</p>

<p>Anyways I thought that was a legitamite reason and was wondering how I should tell my college, should I put it in the common section of my application? Or send the school an email of some sort. Please let me know it would be very appreciated</p>

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<p>You could put something in the Additional Information section, but I would recommend asking your HS GC to address it in the Secondary School Report. Just a couple of sentences in their LOR informing schools what was going on in your personal life during fr year. </p>

<p>In general I think these types of issues are better presented by someone other than the applicant.</p>

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<p>Ok! Thank you so much</p>