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I posted the below narrative in the thread for the U of St. Augustine cohort I'm applying to but think it might be suitable to ask a more general audience. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Curious to know if you guys think I can/should use the statement as an opportunity to explain my awful undergrad grades, even though it's old news and I graduated 7 years ago. It's just that they're THAT bad (like several Fs/Ds on my transcript and below a 2.5 gpa); I feel like it would raise a lot of questions. I don't have any concrete reasons other than I was sheltered/depressed in my adolescence and really should have taken a break before starting college and wasn't mentally prepared to put energy towards schooling. In the end I made it out strong though. I'm a non-trad applicant with a non-relevant background (IT). I took all my prereqs over the past year though and have done mostly fine in those. I've started writing my essay and my first page is comprised of a lot of "lead-up" to answering the "why PT" question (talking about my strengths and interests growing up - not yet PT-related). Basically I plan on the essay flowing like this: have always loved connecting with people -> found an affinity for technology growing up -> entered college but wasn't ready -> stuck it out anyway and came out strong -> worked in IT and had a successful career -> realized I miss developing those connections with people -> made the decision to change careers, and so on, to answering the question... Do you guys think that's too much irrelevant lead-up and I'm not getting to the point fast enough? I'm trying to make the story come back full circle if you know what I mean. Sorry for the wall of text - I'm having a little anxiety right now haha.
Curious to know if you guys think I can/should use the statement as an opportunity to explain my awful undergrad grades, even though it's old news and I graduated 7 years ago. It's just that they're THAT bad (like several Fs/Ds on my transcript and below a 2.5 gpa); I feel like it would raise a lot of questions. I don't have any concrete reasons other than I was sheltered/depressed in my adolescence and really should have taken a break before starting college and wasn't mentally prepared to put energy towards schooling. In the end I made it out strong though. I'm a non-trad applicant with a non-relevant background (IT). I took all my prereqs over the past year though and have done mostly fine in those. I've started writing my essay and my first page is comprised of a lot of "lead-up" to answering the "why PT" question (talking about my strengths and interests growing up - not yet PT-related). Basically I plan on the essay flowing like this: have always loved connecting with people -> found an affinity for technology growing up -> entered college but wasn't ready -> stuck it out anyway and came out strong -> worked in IT and had a successful career -> realized I miss developing those connections with people -> made the decision to change careers, and so on, to answering the question... Do you guys think that's too much irrelevant lead-up and I'm not getting to the point fast enough? I'm trying to make the story come back full circle if you know what I mean. Sorry for the wall of text - I'm having a little anxiety right now haha.
