3.52 - Absent/157 LSU?

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I feel confident, should I? The absence was because I had to bring my grandfather to the hospital. Should I explain this in the application? I just got my score today and am putting the finishing touches on my personal statement. I have a very good trend on my transcript as well, from a 2.25 freshman year (I was coming off a the recent death of my brother and just couldn't focus and made only a few B's after that first year) which was explained in my personal statement. Major is political science and i'm a white male just graduating from LSU. Thanks. I also applied to Tulane.