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

Dad_II
Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:49:18 +0000

I am taking a page from what others on CC have been “telling” me - let your son write his essay. It is he who is applying for college, not you or “we”.

Personally, I don’t think bring attention to a “low” point is a good thing. The essay should be about who he is and what is his passion, not his grade or ACT. Again, this is just my $0.02.