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Originally Posted by kddani
Honestly, unless you were caring for a mother or father who was dying or were going through some sort of serious, life-threatening disease yourself, an "explanation letter" just sounds like a b.s. excuse. Unless there is a real, very serious reason for your grades being so poor freshman year, an explanation letter is not going to impress anyone. I have no idea what your reasoning is for your poor, but can only assume that it wasn't a serious illness or else you would've probably mentioned it.
Screwing up your freshman year because of immaturity, not taking it seriously, partying too much, or whatever other reason people screw up their freshman year, isn't going to impress anyone or get sympathy. Kudos to you for getting your grades up, but you still have to accept and deal with the choices you made your freshman year to get poor grades.
If you're a a) junior; b) transfer AND c) have a low GPA, the chips are stacked against you.
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I will say that your bluntness was unexpected and so i will explain what i plan on putting in my letter. I went to school out of state over 15 hours by car from my home. I knew absolutely no one in the area my first semester here and I struggled with being homesick and wanting to transfer back home. My grandfather also passed away of lou gehrigs disease while I was at school. I had a bad gpa my first semester and only then while i tried to deal with being homesick and then my grandfather's passing. I think that a lot of freshman in college struggle their first year because it is a very emotional time. Yes, i could have been a better student but shouldn't it count that i only had one bad semester and have otherwise done very well in both college and high school? I know that I am asking for advice from GCer's and greatly appreciate the feedback but to judge me and say i was probably partying it up and immature was offensive.
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