GPA/Probation Statement - What do you think?
Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2010 8:07 pm
Please tell me what you think. All criticisms are greatly appreciated!
Throughout my college career, I was responsible for paying my own tuition and the majority of my living expenses. When I moved to Charleston, South Carolina in the summer of 2004, I took a job as a front desk agent/ night auditor at a local hotel that required me to work 45 to 55 hours a week, with some shifts going from 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM, in order to be able to pay my expenses. During the exams of the spring semester in 2005, my relief work did not show up on time and I was late for the 8:00 AM exam of my “Politics of the European Union” class, for which I was not admitted and was promptly given an “F” for the exam and the class. This is what caused me to be placed on academic probation, which I successfully got off of the following semester. I realized that I had overextended myself as a student and needed to find more time to focus on my schoolwork, so in the spring of 2006 I transferred to a new department where I was able to work a more reasonable 40 hours a week with no late night shifts. I ultimately moved to a new hotel closer to school in May of 2007 where I was able to mold my work schedule around my course load and even take days off to prepare for tests.
My GPA during the year and a half (Fall 2004 – Spring 2006) that I was required to work 45 or more hours a week was 2.05, while the GPA during the other years (Fall 2003 – Spring 2004; Fall 2006 – Spring 2008) when I was able to work 40 hours or less was 3.14, culminating in my final semester with a 3.71 GPA and Distinguished Honors. I accomplished this despite taking the majority of my Economics major requirements and multiple honors level finance and economics classes over my final two years (Fall 2006 – Spring 2008). I hope the admissions committee will take this into consideration when reviewing my application to "X" School of Law.
Throughout my college career, I was responsible for paying my own tuition and the majority of my living expenses. When I moved to Charleston, South Carolina in the summer of 2004, I took a job as a front desk agent/ night auditor at a local hotel that required me to work 45 to 55 hours a week, with some shifts going from 11:00 PM – 7:00 AM, in order to be able to pay my expenses. During the exams of the spring semester in 2005, my relief work did not show up on time and I was late for the 8:00 AM exam of my “Politics of the European Union” class, for which I was not admitted and was promptly given an “F” for the exam and the class. This is what caused me to be placed on academic probation, which I successfully got off of the following semester. I realized that I had overextended myself as a student and needed to find more time to focus on my schoolwork, so in the spring of 2006 I transferred to a new department where I was able to work a more reasonable 40 hours a week with no late night shifts. I ultimately moved to a new hotel closer to school in May of 2007 where I was able to mold my work schedule around my course load and even take days off to prepare for tests.
My GPA during the year and a half (Fall 2004 – Spring 2006) that I was required to work 45 or more hours a week was 2.05, while the GPA during the other years (Fall 2003 – Spring 2004; Fall 2006 – Spring 2008) when I was able to work 40 hours or less was 3.14, culminating in my final semester with a 3.71 GPA and Distinguished Honors. I accomplished this despite taking the majority of my Economics major requirements and multiple honors level finance and economics classes over my final two years (Fall 2006 – Spring 2008). I hope the admissions committee will take this into consideration when reviewing my application to "X" School of Law.