Illness that affected GPA?
Posted: Thu May 22, 2014 9:36 pm
First post here. Hope this isn't well trodden ground already, but if so, link me in the right direction and I'd appreciate it.
Anyway, my mom was terminally ill the first two years of undergrad. My GPA suffered (relatively -- down to a 3.6ish) because I was splitting my time, going home to take care of her.
She passed between sophomore/junior year and my GPA has gone up considerably for obvious reasons (it'll probably be a 3.9 or so for my last two years, making it a 3.75ish on the whole).
My question is this: will any of this info be taken into consideration? Assuming my LSAT puts me where I've tested (170+), I want to apply HYS, but with the understanding that a 3.9 gpa is more reflective of my capabilities.
Anyway, my mom was terminally ill the first two years of undergrad. My GPA suffered (relatively -- down to a 3.6ish) because I was splitting my time, going home to take care of her.
She passed between sophomore/junior year and my GPA has gone up considerably for obvious reasons (it'll probably be a 3.9 or so for my last two years, making it a 3.75ish on the whole).
My question is this: will any of this info be taken into consideration? Assuming my LSAT puts me where I've tested (170+), I want to apply HYS, but with the understanding that a 3.9 gpa is more reflective of my capabilities.