How to mention "this" in my SOP

Applying to College
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<p>Hey all,
I am an Indian student doing his last year mechanical engineering bachelors at Indian Institute of Technology. I am looking forward to apply for masters in a US college. But i have a few doubts mostly with my grades.</p>

<p>1) My SGPA from 1st to 6th semester is steadily decreasing. 9 -> 8.3-> 8.2 ->7.9-> 7.8 -> 7.1. But my CGPA is above 8.</p>

<p>2) I was suffering from an illness in my 6th semester where i got 7.1. I technically missed almost all the class tests, 3 months attendance, and had a shyt load of work in the last week where i wrote the midsem and endsem together. Hence the exponentially low grade in the 6th semester.</p>

<p>I want to mention this reason in my SOP in a non-sulking, calm and subtle way. Any ideas ?</p>

<p>Cheers
Adam</p>

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<p>Have you discussed this with your advisors? Surely they’ve helped write a few SOPs in their day.</p>

<p>You also may want to re-post this in the Grad School Forum. The people there will have more ideas for you. Go to the main page where all of the forums are listed, and scroll down to find it.</p>

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<p>Thanks. Ill do that :)</p>