Should discuss 'a bad grade year' in app essay?

flatlander
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:42:56 +0000

The Common App has/had a space to answer the question, “Is there something else you would lie to tell us about yourself?”, or something to that effect. My older daughter used it to explain her lower grades in English - she had a very tough teacher for two years in a row. She put a positive spin on it by saying she learned more in this teacher’s class, even though it meant a lower grade, and that in the end she realized she would be better prepared for college.