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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