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Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:01 pm
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I would just mention the personal issues. Citing unfamiliarity doesn't look good (how familiar are you with law school courses?) and the statement about wishing you handled it better is unnecessary (of course you do).henry flower wrote:Is this okay? Should I even talk about the later semester? I really don't have a "good" reason for any of it... but I'm required to talk about the probation/suspension for most of my apps.
I was placed on academic probation for poor grades after the fall of 1997, my first semester of attendance at COLLEGE. I was then placed on academic suspension for poor grades the following semester (Spring 1998) and reinstated after discussion with the Dean of Students. The next semester I was again placed on Academic probation for poor grades. My academic troubles were largely due to immaturity and poor attendance, problems I was able to rectify throughout the remainder of my academic career, as evinced by my making the Dean’s List for the next 3 semesters (Fall 1999-Summer 2000) and graduating with a cumulative institutional GPA of 3.39.
Although I generally performed admirably after my return to good academic standing, I would like to briefly address my grades during the spring semester 2003. I was taking classes I was unfamiliar with, because I was exploring the idea of a minor in journalism (which I later abandoned), and I was also dealing with some personal issues that caused me to miss a large amount of class, which resulted in me earning poor grades. In retrospect, I wish I had handled the situation better, but I believe that I now know how to better balance my personal life with my academic life.