Does this require an optional essay?
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31 May 2012, 13:15
So I was looking through my college transcript that had an overall 3.5.
However by semester it broke down to
3.56
3.37
3.49
3.50
3.06
3.6 (abroad)
3.7
3.88
As you see it is decent with a sharp curve up at the end. However that 3.06 does not look good and it is the fall semester junior year.
Now this was driven by three things, one is I had a part time job of 20 hours +, and at the same time I was taking 6 classes (1 more then the standard).
And really it was mostly caused by a C- in a midlevel economics course.
Basically a number of things led to a poorer GPA, but then in the semesters following I worked hard on correcting it (and admittedly had some easier classes for my foreign affairs minor.)
So in the end the question is should I use the optional essays to address that 3.06, or skip it since the overall GPA is a respectable 3.5?
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