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Hey guys,
I am applying to vet school this summer and need some advice on how to introduce a difficult situation I faced my junior year of college.
A little background story: I first took organic chem 1 fall semester of my sophomore year and failed, I think I underestimated the amount of work it covered and as a straight A student, I didn't think much of it at first until it was too late. I took a semester off from chemistry and registered again for it fall semester of my junior year, along with physics 1, genetics and 2 writing intensive art history courses (to show I can do well in it while working with a full course load). After the first exam of the semester, on which I didn't do TOO well but not terrible either, I came to the professor's office hours to ask him to look over 2 questions which I thought deserved more credit. He had asked if I had made changes to my paper, which at the time I didn't think I did and said no. 37 minutes later I realized my friend and i had been trying to work out a DIFFERENT problem together and my notes may have still stayed on the answer sheet. I emailed him immediately to explain myself and to tell him the correction was on the paper but that is not one of the questions he needs to grade, so please ignore it. He didn't email me back for a week and then I receive a notice saying that I am failing the course because I attempted to submit an altered exam for regrading. The whole incidence was a major oversight but it unfortunately took 8 months to resolve at which I thought my academic career was over because the college wasn't supportive and seemed to side with the professor. While this was going on I barely attended any of my classes, I was a nervous wreck, and surely didn't have the brain power to study for orgo. I ended up with a D in orgo (after the F has been removed 7 months later), a D- in physics and a C in genetics, I did well in my art hist classes because it was mostly paper writing which I kind of BS'ed through (I'm a good writer).
I ended up retaking the class for the third time with the same professor during a condensed summer session and got a C+. I took orgo 2 with the same prof (lucky me ey? no one else was teaching it) this fall and got an A.
My question is--how do I approach the topic on vet school apps? I don't want it to sound like I am blaming the professor or the dept even though it was completely their oversight which made my life a living hell, but how else do I explain taking orgo 3 times and physics twice? (A second time)
I appreciate any advice, thanks
I am applying to vet school this summer and need some advice on how to introduce a difficult situation I faced my junior year of college.
A little background story: I first took organic chem 1 fall semester of my sophomore year and failed, I think I underestimated the amount of work it covered and as a straight A student, I didn't think much of it at first until it was too late. I took a semester off from chemistry and registered again for it fall semester of my junior year, along with physics 1, genetics and 2 writing intensive art history courses (to show I can do well in it while working with a full course load). After the first exam of the semester, on which I didn't do TOO well but not terrible either, I came to the professor's office hours to ask him to look over 2 questions which I thought deserved more credit. He had asked if I had made changes to my paper, which at the time I didn't think I did and said no. 37 minutes later I realized my friend and i had been trying to work out a DIFFERENT problem together and my notes may have still stayed on the answer sheet. I emailed him immediately to explain myself and to tell him the correction was on the paper but that is not one of the questions he needs to grade, so please ignore it. He didn't email me back for a week and then I receive a notice saying that I am failing the course because I attempted to submit an altered exam for regrading. The whole incidence was a major oversight but it unfortunately took 8 months to resolve at which I thought my academic career was over because the college wasn't supportive and seemed to side with the professor. While this was going on I barely attended any of my classes, I was a nervous wreck, and surely didn't have the brain power to study for orgo. I ended up with a D in orgo (after the F has been removed 7 months later), a D- in physics and a C in genetics, I did well in my art hist classes because it was mostly paper writing which I kind of BS'ed through (I'm a good writer).
I ended up retaking the class for the third time with the same professor during a condensed summer session and got a C+. I took orgo 2 with the same prof (lucky me ey? no one else was teaching it) this fall and got an A.
My question is--how do I approach the topic on vet school apps? I don't want it to sound like I am blaming the professor or the dept even though it was completely their oversight which made my life a living hell, but how else do I explain taking orgo 3 times and physics twice? (A second time)
I appreciate any advice, thanks