Gpa Addendum

[Skystrikezz]

I have a 3.5 GPA, and a 170 LSAT. Should I write an addendum for the GPA? It comes from my second semester at my first college. I fell into a depression and did poorly in many classes. Shortly after, I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and when I went back to school and started getting medicine, my grades got better and my GPA at the institution I just graduated from is a 4.0.

Thank you for your time!

[Dave Killoran]

Yes, I would do so without hesitation. Focus on the MS diagnosis as being the causative issue there since it looks like it would have precipitated the situation.

Thanks,

[Skystrikezz]

Thank you so much!

[Skystrikezz]

Also, does the GPA Addendum, if accepted, allow the respective law school not to report it? I ask this because I realize that law school admissions are partly based on their reporting of stats to raise their averages. The question is rooted in "how much does a GPA Addendum actually help?"

Thanks again!

[Dave Killoran]

You mean not report the final GPA? No, there's no exemption to that at all for domestic students. All the addendum does is explain to them what happened and why you had a bad semester. A point in your favor, so to speak, but it doesn't change the actual record.

This is why we say it helps but it can't change what's there.

Thanks!