<p>okay.
-so i went to a private school.
-I got straght A's freshman year.
-I switched to a HUGE public school...
...and
-my GPA plummeted.</p>
<p>from a 4.0 to a 3.45</p>
<p>as a result i am looking for a small college... but i was also wondering if there was some way i could give an explanation as to why my grades went the direction they went in.</p>
<p>and if i can, how should i go about doing that?</p>
<p>help?</p>
<p>Could be your essay topic :D</p>
<p>Do you have a good explanation for your decline in grades?</p>
<p>my explanation:
i do well in small schools. in my public school the teachers hardly remember your name.
i also do a LOT better in discussion based classes as opposed to lectures. my old school provided this.
also, the transition was difficult for me because i had to leave all my friends and teachers i had known for 10 years. i would have stayed but i couldn’t financially.</p>
<p>i guess the main thing is the learning style was so different… and detached. sophomore year was awful academically.</p>
<p>Don’t write your personal essay about this, just mention this in a paragraph in your Additional Information section.</p>
<p>It might make for a good “Why ________College?” short essay at a LAC.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>