<p>I'm pretty sure this is an original thread (I hope) but for the first half of this year I had mono, which completely sucked (NO ONE GET IT...ITS A DRAG). I missed like a month and a half of school in total days and I never wanted to do anything but sleep. </p>
<p>anyway, my school has four quarters each year and for the first two my grades are relatively TERRIBLE. I got B's/B+s/A-s in just about everything. For the second two quarters I got my usual grades A+s/A's/1 A- or so. I know that colleges only look at your final grade for the year, but the fact that I had mono is completely bringing down all of my grades to A-'s/B+s for the most part when if I had never gotten mono they would be straight A's/A+'s. </p>
<p>If you look at my report card for the year thie change is completely obvious from when I had mono to when I didn't </p>
<p>Is there anyway I can tell colleges this or should I just suck it up and deal?</p>
<p>It is best if you have your guidance counselor mention it in her recommendation. The net impact is slightly lower class rank anf gpa than you would have had, and that could be mentioned. Unfortunately, something similiar happened to my daughter, and the guidance counselor said that it proved the dedication and motivation the student had to succeed in spite of adversity. I am sure it helped my d's apps.</p>
<p>I had it too, sophomore year in high school. It really really sucks. I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy. I missed three weeks of school because my doctor didn't want me around other people. I would of gone still, I wasn't that bad, As long as I had somethig cold to drink every 4 seconds I was fine. I drank so much apple juice that my tongue turned a different color.</p>
<p>The worse part was in the beginning when your tonsils are so swollen you can't breathe.</p>
<p>that sucks, i had mono too but not that bad.
your grades weren't that bad. if it didn't hurt your average too much i would just not mention it.
if you do mention it do it subtly. the guidance counsellor thing is a good idea. or maybe in one of your other teacher recs.</p>
<p>I don't think your GPA's too bad, considering what the disease typical does to people. I wouldn't worry too much.</p>
<p>I had it too, and life worked out.</p>
<p>Hahaha, see that's what's really stressful. my GPA doesnt REALLY drop an enormous amount, just enough to matter. But it DEFINITELY doesn't reflect how hard it was to have mono and go to school and do my homework. I had to work SO HARD to get mediocre grades. All I wanted to do was sleep and cough and drink water. And feel how swollen my liver was...it was actually kind of neat how swollen it was....hah umm yeah anyway</p>
<p>Lol, I didn't feel how swollen my liver was. I was just told to not do any running or jumping about.</p>
<p>My d had mono for 8--10 months. She got it last spring...a really wicked case. The high fever alone lasted for more than a month. The swollen spleen and fatigue lasted until 3 months ago. She had a few ultrasounds and a CAT scan for the liver and spleen. She only took 2 days off from school, though, so it didn't kill her grades too much. She just slept as soon as she got home. She did have to take off from gym for half of the year, though. It's a weird disease...some people get a sore throat for a week or two, and some get hammered.</p>
<p>I would hardly call B+'s and A-'s mediocre.</p>
<p>I was lucky (by some definitions) and had it just before/during winter break, so I hardly missed any school. My friend, though, got it and it lasted for 4 months, starting in September. Her grades dropped significantly too, to the point where she was failing two classes simply because she'd been out of school so long that they wouldn't let her take tests she had missed. She spoke to the teachers, who decided to let her take midterms late and count her midterm grade as her first and second MP grades instead. So the hardest thing for her was learning things she hadn't been taught in class. Other than that, it worked out alright.</p>