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Hey guys,
I know its a very hectic time, interviews, applications, etc. but i was wondering what you think i should do, heres the situation:
I applied for fall 2007, im going to have all my prerequisites and some extra classes completed by August 2007. I have extensive experience, i worked for an opthalmology as a tech for 3 years, shadowed 2 optometrists, and worked for an optometrist. Im having 5 LORs sent into each school. My GPA now is 3.47, although i am not quiet sure what it will be after this semester because i am taking 5 science classes. However, my problem is that this college is the third one that i attended. My GPA in the previous two was a 2.4, plus i got about 12 W's, this all happened because i had too many things going wrong in my family, and other circumstances. I was also dismissed for a semester, and reinstated, i dont think that will be in the transcript though. At least its not showing up in the student copy.
Although i took care of all the problems, and got everything straight, i know that the two transcripts are definitely holding me back. I dont know what i am supposed to do. I wrote a strong personal essay, but did not include any of this in it, i felt it still wouldnt get my point across, and they would just stop reading it.
Now i am thinking of sending in another letter that describes in detail what the problem(s) ihad were, and the reason as to why i didnt do well in my classes.
Do you think i should write the letter, or i should just leave things the way they are? Under the section in "special circumstances" i briefly mentioned this, but again not in detail.
Thank you for your advice!
good luck to all that are applying!!!
JG.
I know its a very hectic time, interviews, applications, etc. but i was wondering what you think i should do, heres the situation:
I applied for fall 2007, im going to have all my prerequisites and some extra classes completed by August 2007. I have extensive experience, i worked for an opthalmology as a tech for 3 years, shadowed 2 optometrists, and worked for an optometrist. Im having 5 LORs sent into each school. My GPA now is 3.47, although i am not quiet sure what it will be after this semester because i am taking 5 science classes. However, my problem is that this college is the third one that i attended. My GPA in the previous two was a 2.4, plus i got about 12 W's, this all happened because i had too many things going wrong in my family, and other circumstances. I was also dismissed for a semester, and reinstated, i dont think that will be in the transcript though. At least its not showing up in the student copy.
Although i took care of all the problems, and got everything straight, i know that the two transcripts are definitely holding me back. I dont know what i am supposed to do. I wrote a strong personal essay, but did not include any of this in it, i felt it still wouldnt get my point across, and they would just stop reading it.
Now i am thinking of sending in another letter that describes in detail what the problem(s) ihad were, and the reason as to why i didnt do well in my classes.
Do you think i should write the letter, or i should just leave things the way they are? Under the section in "special circumstances" i briefly mentioned this, but again not in detail.
Thank you for your advice!
good luck to all that are applying!!!
JG.
