Timeline for When to explain poor performance in a Statement of Purpose
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| Jan 18, 2016 at 6:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackAcademia/status/688972382086770689 | ||
| Jan 17, 2016 at 4:48 | answer | added | user47678 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jan 16, 2016 at 22:15 | answer | added | Kimball | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 20:09 | comment | added | user41631 | I am not on an admission committee but I would suspect trying to explain a B would come off as neurotic. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:17 | comment | added | Amir | it is not a "poor performance" at all. having this many course next to a grad level course can be a lot of work. I think your resume can take care of it. if you are obsessed to metion it for a reason, maybe in your SOP you can categorically mention that even when you missed an important question in a final exam that caused your the only B in your whole life! you just got more interested in academic endeavor and search for the harder questions.beware none of those As can be as strong as a top professor recommendation saying you were the no 1 in any of the harder courses or something similar | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:16 | comment | added | user023049 | Wow. I'm so sorry. I keep trying to put a new line in my comment and it keeps submitting. I guess a more accurate adjective would be "inconsistent performance" rather than poor performance. EDIT: Anand I just realized I can edit my comments instead of continually posting more... | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:15 | comment | added | user023049 | And planning on using it or a variation of it for grad school. I guess a more accurate | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:14 | comment | added | user023049 | Ha good one. Actually mostly correct too. I'm writing a statement of purpose for REUs. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:08 | comment | added | paul garrett | @BrianDHall, I hope that's it... :) | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:07 | comment | added | BrianH | @paulgarrett I was thinking 8-11+ months in advance seems pretty good ;) | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 22:05 | comment | added | paul garrett | By the way, isn't Jan 5 rather late to be writing up grad school applications...? | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 21:53 | comment | added | JeffE | poor performance — [citation needed] | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 21:44 | comment | added | user37208 | Getting a B in a graduate class as an undergrad is not something you need to explain or even mention in an SOP. The fact that you took three grad-level courses in a single semester and got two A's and a B will count for you, not against. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 21:37 | history | edited | user023049 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 6, 2016 at 21:35 | comment | added | padawan | Everyone has explanations for their failures. It may sound very harsh, but "my dad died before the day of the final exam" has the same weight with "I had a very bad argument with my best friend". All and all, you are the one who covers them up with your remaining effort and grades or so. | |
| Jan 6, 2016 at 21:34 | review | First posts | |||
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| Jan 6, 2016 at 21:30 | history | asked | user023049 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |