Don't really have a good excuse, but I figured I better explain this anyways. If it weren't for this one semester, my LSAC GPA would be 3.23 instead of 2.95.My undergraduate transcript does not reflect my ability, nor does it reflect the motivation I retain toward school today. It does reflect my poor handling of a difficult situation in the past, and my overall lack of academic focus at the time. It is marred specifically by my Spring semester of the 2001-2002 academic year. At this time in my life, I was living on my own and experiencing severe financial difficulties. Compounded with the fact that I lacked a specific career and educational goal, I had made the decision not to continue with my undergraduate education at that point. My decision came too late in the semester to withdraw, and consequently, I received 12 credits of failing grades. I reversed my decision the following summer, and returned to school in the Fall of 2002, achieving nearly a 4.0 for that semester.
I do think that if I had been more responsible and mature at the time, I could have better handled this situation and my undergraduate coursework overall. I deeply regret that I was not. Through my two subsequent years of graduate school followed by three years of work experience at two Fortune 500 corporations, I have become far more driven and focused on my career goals. I do accept responsibility for my past academic performance, and believe my current motivation and focus to be a vindication of, rather than a reflection of, my past.
Have at it!
