not sure how this will hurt me... Forum

[vansjess]

When I was a freshman, I failed a one credit class, and struggled in some of my other classes, mostly because I was distracted by the death of my grandfather during that semester. Since then, I have been able to bring my GPA back up to a 3.85, but will that one bad semester hurt me, even if I explain what had happened?

[DoubleChecks]

yes it will hurt your LSAC GPA. yes you should still write addendum explaining it to soften the blow.

[JamMasterJ]

It will hurt in comparison to the 3.95 or whatever that you have since then. But a 3.85 overall is going to be above median for about every school outside of HYS

[flexityflex86]

It may raise an eye, but an addendum should suffice.

A 3.85 is really solid - it won't hurt very much if at all.