Should I explain this in my PS?

[BlueElmo]

I screwed up my first semester of junior year and I am looking at a cGPA of 3.5 and sGPA of 3.2 for my third year. I know AMCAS breaks down the GPA year by year. The thing is, my first two years were very good, all around 3.7-4.0. Overall I'm looking at a 3.6-3.7 range.
So should I explain this in my PS or not? I don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to this, the reason I'm asking.

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[drizzt3117]

I screwed up my first semester of junior year and I am looking at a cGPA of 3.5 and sGPA of 3.2 for my third year. I know AMCAS breaks down the GPA year by year. The thing is, my first two years were very good, all around 3.7-4.0. Overall I'm looking at a 3.6-3.7 range.
So should I explain this in my PS or not? I don't want to draw any unnecessary attention to this, the reason I'm asking.

Nope, don't bother.

 

[TexasPhysician]

I wouldn't worry about it at all.

 

[AdmiralChz]

Yeah don't worry about it - just bring it up as best you can and apply as normal.

 

[ksmi117]

Fixed the thread title, for you. 😀 I agree with them. Your PS is for focusing on all your good attributes. Besides, I think a lot of secondaries have places for you to talk about this kind of thing.

 

[WellWornLad]

Unless your GPA dropped because you were busy saving the president from terrorist nazi ninjas, it is a losing proposition. Seriously, adcoms want to read about interesting stuff, like terrorist nazi ninjas, not an unsolicited justification of why your GPA is merely good rather than stellar.

 

[Ariadne]

Unless your GPA dropped because you were busy saving the president from terrorist nazi ninjas, it is a losing proposition. Seriously, adcoms want to read about interesting stuff, like terrorist nazi ninjas, not an unsolicited justification of why your GPA is merely good rather than stellar.

It's been a really long day and this made me laugh. Thanks for that.

Also, just so this post is somewhat constructive, I agree with everyone else. Seeing as it's just one mediocre year among several very good years, I have a hard time imaging how you could work an explanation into your PS without completely ruining the flow...

 

[BlueElmo]

Thanks all for the quick responses. I seriously don't know what I would do without all of you from SDN.🙂