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28 Dec 2005, 14:48
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Hi Linda,
I thoroughly enjoy reading all the advice and tips you dispense here and on accepted.com, but now I need a bit of advice or insight once again on two issues troubling me as I try to wrap up applications.
1) Upon securing my transcript to send out to schools, I realized now apparently that my GPA states 3.285 on the ol' official transcript. The problem is that I always thought my GPA was 3.296xxxx, which I, very willingly, rounded to 3.3 on any forms that would ask for this. Now whether this is an error (it looks like they dropped a 2 credit class I had an A in from counting towards the cumulative GPA), it's pretty much 5 years+ after the fact. I doubt I can get it changed, and certainly not in time for it to matter this round (I'm sure there must be some statute of this). But my question is now, what should I be putting as my GPA on applications, provided I didn't already state 3.3 previous. To how many signficant digits after the decimal should I round out to? 3.3? 3.29? 3.285? While 3.3 just looks better on to the eyeball aesthetically than a 3.2xxx, I don't want to give the appearance of some unethical scheme to hide something or impropriety by rounding up to 3.3, or even 3.29. What would you think is the accepted norm?
2) Second (and I'll try to make it concise as practice for the essays), is my little dilemma on whether mentioning Attention Deficit Disorder is appropriate on the application, more specifically on one of the essays. I was only diagnosed 2 years ago, and although anyone I knew can glaringly see the symptons, I never acted on it because of the certain (negative) stigmas attached to it; and it is the these same stigmas that I am concerned about in mentioning it in an essay. i.e. some believe it's a fake disorder - looks like I'm using it as an excuse to justify lack of (accomplishments, motivation, etc) in the past - and I'm sure many others.
I'm trying to avoid it if it's possible, but want to see if you think I should avoid mentioning it at all costs. It's a hit or miss really, and I can't tell whoever is reading has any preconceived notions about it, or is a scientologist or something. Is it too risky of a topic to bring up? Is there any upside to it?
Thank you so much for your opinion and/or advice on these two issues. You are a lifesaver!
I thoroughly enjoy reading all the advice and tips you dispense here and on accepted.com, but now I need a bit of advice or insight once again on two issues troubling me as I try to wrap up applications.
1) Upon securing my transcript to send out to schools, I realized now apparently that my GPA states 3.285 on the ol' official transcript. The problem is that I always thought my GPA was 3.296xxxx, which I, very willingly, rounded to 3.3 on any forms that would ask for this. Now whether this is an error (it looks like they dropped a 2 credit class I had an A in from counting towards the cumulative GPA), it's pretty much 5 years+ after the fact. I doubt I can get it changed, and certainly not in time for it to matter this round (I'm sure there must be some statute of this). But my question is now, what should I be putting as my GPA on applications, provided I didn't already state 3.3 previous. To how many signficant digits after the decimal should I round out to? 3.3? 3.29? 3.285? While 3.3 just looks better on to the eyeball aesthetically than a 3.2xxx, I don't want to give the appearance of some unethical scheme to hide something or impropriety by rounding up to 3.3, or even 3.29. What would you think is the accepted norm?
2) Second (and I'll try to make it concise as practice for the essays), is my little dilemma on whether mentioning Attention Deficit Disorder is appropriate on the application, more specifically on one of the essays. I was only diagnosed 2 years ago, and although anyone I knew can glaringly see the symptons, I never acted on it because of the certain (negative) stigmas attached to it; and it is the these same stigmas that I am concerned about in mentioning it in an essay. i.e. some believe it's a fake disorder - looks like I'm using it as an excuse to justify lack of (accomplishments, motivation, etc) in the past - and I'm sure many others.
I'm trying to avoid it if it's possible, but want to see if you think I should avoid mentioning it at all costs. It's a hit or miss really, and I can't tell whoever is reading has any preconceived notions about it, or is a scientologist or something. Is it too risky of a topic to bring up? Is there any upside to it?
Thank you so much for your opinion and/or advice on these two issues. You are a lifesaver!
28 Dec 2005, 18:11
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You're most welcome. To answer your questions:
1) If I remember my arithmetic, 3.28X does round up to 3.3. You're fine!
2) Is much more complicated. HAve you asked for accomodation in taking your exam? In school? Has it had a major impact on you? Have you learned, since diagnosis, how to compensate for it?
Good luck!
28 Dec 2005, 20:10
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Hmmm, okay. I guess I could leave it as 3.3 then? I guess 3.28 does round to 3.3, but I just don't want a mild suggestion that I was hiding behind the rounding. For instance, would someone with a 3.25 have carte blanche to round to 3.3 as well?
As for the ADD, I have never used any accomodations for it, and only a select few friends even know about it. I wasn't diagnosed when I was in school, but the main impact is that my work is done with much more focus and clarity. I take medication for it, and I attend workshops to improve organization and structuring time and things in a less haphazard way. I mean it's still a work in progress, as anyone who has seen my desk at work or my apartment would attest to, but it's not something that goes away overnight.
But in the academic realm, I never could since I was a kid finish any verbal sections of standardized tests, but now I can finish them with time to spare (and even score in the 96% in verbal on the GMAT). I'm sure I make a better student now than when I was in college and how I even managed a 3.3 is beyond me now that I can compare the clarity of now versus the daze of then, but I don't want to rely on that as an argument per se. I know...tricky...I'm deeply rifted.
Thanks again for your help!
You're most welcome. To answer your questions:
1) If I remember my arithmetic, 3.28X does round up to 3.3. You're fine!
2) Is much more complicated. HAve you asked for accomodation in taking your exam? In school? Has it had a major impact on you? Have you learned, since diagnosis, how to compensate for it?
Good luck![/quote]
As for the ADD, I have never used any accomodations for it, and only a select few friends even know about it. I wasn't diagnosed when I was in school, but the main impact is that my work is done with much more focus and clarity. I take medication for it, and I attend workshops to improve organization and structuring time and things in a less haphazard way. I mean it's still a work in progress, as anyone who has seen my desk at work or my apartment would attest to, but it's not something that goes away overnight.
But in the academic realm, I never could since I was a kid finish any verbal sections of standardized tests, but now I can finish them with time to spare (and even score in the 96% in verbal on the GMAT). I'm sure I make a better student now than when I was in college and how I even managed a 3.3 is beyond me now that I can compare the clarity of now versus the daze of then, but I don't want to rely on that as an argument per se. I know...tricky...I'm deeply rifted.
Thanks again for your help!
You're most welcome. To answer your questions:
1) If I remember my arithmetic, 3.28X does round up to 3.3. You're fine!
2) Is much more complicated. HAve you asked for accomodation in taking your exam? In school? Has it had a major impact on you? Have you learned, since diagnosis, how to compensate for it?
Good luck![/quote]
