letter of explanation
so, i’ve applied to scad and i want to go there more than anything. the school shows preference to students with a 3.0+ gpa and 1080+ SAT scores. i have a 3.5 gpa and 1120 SAT, so as far as that goes i think i’m... okay.
what makes me anxious is my sophomore year on my transcript. my transcript is filled with A’s and B’s and advanced placement classes, but i failed a class my sophomore year. because of the grading system where i lived at the time (and my circumstances), i “passed” with a D but obviously the grade is still on my transcript and here it’s considered an F.
i got an email on the behalf of my admissions adviser asking me to send a letter of explanation for the admission review council to get a better understanding of why i earned that grade. because, as i said before, i have a pretty decent transcript. all A’s and B’s except for that one year so it’s.. sort of obvious something had to have happened especially considering my grades returned to A’s and B’s my junior year.
so i told them what happened.
i moved across the country that year and went to a different high school where i ended up being sexually assaulted and ultimately fell into a major depression. i didn’t have motivation to do literally anything. i did not create that year; my artwork was nonexistent. my grades were slipping. i gained 30+ pounds from stress eating. it was a mess.
i hope they don’t see that as an excuse. i’m a hardworking, creative student and my parents have always pushed me to have a good work ethic. it’s just that year really hurt me.
i hope they don’t reject me because of this.
