I need advice asap on a gpa situation!

[kddani]

Originally Posted by NeedsAdvice

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.

Sorry you think it was offensive, but when you didn't give your reason for your low grades, we can only surmise. The examples I gave are all very common reasons that freshman do poorly.

As has been said, grade exceptions, if accepted at all, must be truly extraordinary situations. Many chapters can't even make exceptions, or must get permission from higher up the chains to take a grade exception/grade risk. Your reasons that you gave, while I'm sure were tough for you, to a stranger are nothing so out of the ordinary as to warrant a grade exception.

Not to you personally, but to others reading this thread:

Anyone who has a bad semester, in hindsight, can come up with some sort of semi-logical explanation for it.

I think all of us here on GC DO NOT want PNMs who are visiting a site to think that a poor GPA average can be overcome with some sort of letter explanation. THIS IS NOT THE CASE. Most schools likely will not accept a letter, and in most circumstances, the reasons for your poor grades will not matter. The rules are the rules and they are there for a reason. Unless you have a truly compelling reason, you are stuck with your grades and the consequences thereof.