"Optional," Open-Ended Secondary Prompts

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Hello, all!

I need some opinions on the open-ended secondary prompts that ask for any other relevant information you would like the adcom to know.

I have two W grades: one in Calculus II and another in Intro to Business Analytics.

I ended up retaking Calculus II the following semester and got an A. I also became the Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader for the class. I initially dropped it due to a schedule conflict/time management issue. This class was required for my major and I needed it as a Physics prerequisite.

I dropped the Intro to Business Analytics class because it wasn't interesting to me, this prompted me to change my minor from analytics to education (I love education; great minor!).

Should I address these in some of my secondaries, or is it not necessary? I'm concerned it may weaken my application if I choose to "make a big deal of them," for lack of better phrasing.

Just for context, my cGPA is a 3.9 and my sGPA is a 3.88, and I have a 21 AA/22 PAT.


Thank you everybody!

 

[macsak]

Hello, all!

I need some opinions on the open-ended secondary prompts that ask for any other relevant information you would like the adcom to know.

I have two W grades: one in Calculus II and another in Intro to Business Analytics.

I ended up retaking Calculus II the following semester and got an A. I also became the Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader for the class. I initially dropped it due to a schedule conflict/time management issue. This class was required for my major and I needed it as a Physics prerequisite.

I dropped the Intro to Business Analytics class because it wasn't interesting to me, this prompted me to change my minor from analytics to education (I love education; great minor!).

Should I address these in some of my secondaries, or is it not necessary? I'm concerned it may weaken my application if I choose to "make a big deal of them," for lack of better phrasing.

Just for context, my cGPA is a 3.9 and my sGPA is a 3.88, and I have a 21 AA/22 PAT.


Thank you everybody!

it would take a lot more than that to weaken your application
just write a short explanation if you want
or skip it
it's up to you

 

[TheDentalSchoolCoach]

Hello, all!

I need some opinions on the open-ended secondary prompts that ask for any other relevant information you would like the adcom to know.

I have two W grades: one in Calculus II and another in Intro to Business Analytics.

I ended up retaking Calculus II the following semester and got an A. I also became the Supplemental Instruction (SI) Leader for the class. I initially dropped it due to a schedule conflict/time management issue. This class was required for my major and I needed it as a Physics prerequisite.

I dropped the Intro to Business Analytics class because it wasn't interesting to me, this prompted me to change my minor from analytics to education (I love education; great minor!).

Should I address these in some of my secondaries, or is it not necessary? I'm concerned it may weaken my application if I choose to "make a big deal of them," for lack of better phrasing.

Just for context, my cGPA is a 3.9 and my sGPA is a 3.88, and I have a 21 AA/22 PAT.


Thank you everybody!

I think being upfront about it in a professional way would be a great idea. These two courses won't make or break your apps but providing context would be helpful for adcoms.