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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t know why you’d want to try and explain this on the application. Unless someone died or [b]they had an illness[/b]. The rest of the world gets bad grades occasionally and doesn’t make up excuses. You base college applications on where you fit in, which is not a top school. [/quote]

Clicked on this thread because DD had a similar bad grade issue just happen her junior year (looks like the final grade will be a C-, but that's still pretty low). Other grades should be B or higher, but most of those grades should have been A's. The issue for her was a medical issue that happened right at the end of first semester that caused serious emotional distress and tanked her grades (and also was and will be a recurring issue, although the current treatment seems to be working). Just wondering how she's supposed to explain this in her apps - she's not aiming for Ivys or anything, but really hoping to get into state flagship (and 9th and 10th grade GPA was almost 4.0 unweighted). Will high test scores compensate? They're currently only ok, but she'll retake in the fall.[/quote]

There is a section for additional information on the common app.  She could put it there or better would be to have the finale or mention medical issues and how she overcame them in the recommendation.[/quote]

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