GPA Addendum Forum

[dietcoked]

Apologies if this has been asked before, but is the general wisdom when writing a GPA addendum that it should be very facts based (This is what happened. Mitigating circumstances. Won't happen again) or if we should/be better served by writing it in a narrative format? I'm leaning towards the first instance, but looking for other opinions.

[rpupkin]

I don't understand the distinction you're drawing between "fact based" and "narrative format." Wouldn't a narrative be fact based? What kind of narrative do you have in mind?

[dietcoked]

I don't understand the distinction you're drawing between "fact based" and "narrative format." Wouldn't a narrative be fact based? What kind of narrative do you have in mind?

You're right - I should have been clearer. I mean a more "story-like" format, where one might tell a story and then give what you learned from the experience in the end. Instead of "I had a bad GPA because I worked full-time while I had cancer. I'm recovered. Won't be an issue in law school", you'd write something like "Exposition about cancer. Why you chose to work - strength, blah, blah. Road to recovery. Lessons learned."

[rpupkin]

It probably doesn't matter (because GPA addendums usually make no difference anyway), but I would go with the drier, straight-ahead approach.

[HenryHankPalmer]

Keep it short, factual, and contrite. You regret that this happened, here are the mitigating circumstances, you will be a model student in law school.