Secondary Question Advice

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Hi all, I have a quick question about secondaries. I'm currently writing my secondaries and I know that some schools have a question where you can put "additional information" that you would want admission committee's to consider when they are reviewing your application. So, I had some academic struggles, and I was not sure if I should talk about them in this question or not and wanted some advice.

For context, I took the MCAT twice (the first time I got a 499 while the second time I got a 509). Also, in terms of my GPA, my science GPA was low in my third year compared to the other years (3.15 vs 3.86, 3.82, and 3.93 the other years). Should I use that space in that specific secondary to talk about the MCAT or third-year science gpa? Thank you so much in advance for any advice and help.
 
^agreed, if you have specific life circumstances that lead to those occurrences then yes, but don't just say "I had variable GPA" and "I took the MCAT twice" without giving a reason as to why you did those things.