I got one C...

<p>Should I explain this in the personal statement? And it's not my fault though....
at the previous 4 yr college I was at, I thougth I wouldn't be trasnferring and so I was a comm major, and took comm classes, but I couldn't take them P/F because they were going towards my then major.</p>

<p>Little did I know i'd have to leave b/c of money (found this out 2 weeks before the end of the spring sem)</p>

<p>anyways, he was an awful professor whose tests had nothing to do with anything, and nobody got A's.. And when I say nobody, not even the brightest in our class that were premed students taking this as an elective.</p>

<p>I mean they probably don't care (the admission counselors) and will just think of it as lazyness, right? I have a 3.55 gpa but it would've been def higher if I hadn't gotten th eC......if only they could switch it to pass/fail now, I'd be fine lol.</p>

<p>^ Suck it up. There are tons of UC professors who are like that. I had professor who failed 50% of the class, and there was no curve (it was fixed), and his test had little to do with his lectures. I think its good you’re expose to these kind of professors early on so you know what to expect later on. And yes, the admission counselors will not care about your situation, so dont use that as an excuse in your personal statement. It’ll make you look even worst.</p>

<p>thanks for your response
Yeah I’ve heard horror stories and never believed anyone, but then I had him. gah
Oh well.
I’m relying on the UC statfinder to be truthful haha. It’s relieved a LOT of my anxiety.</p>

<p>bump^^^^^^^</p>

<p>Don’t sound too defensive if you do write about it.</p>

<p>If I were you, I don’t think I’d write about that. I would stay positive, and talk about how I’ve improved, plan to keep improving, and what I want to do with all this self-improvement. :)</p>

<p>Sometimes you can address these things indirectly, without directly mentioning them. Maybe mention how you try to take challenging courses. One thing schools are struggling with is how to deflate grades without having students start searching for only easy classes due to GPA obsession… Convey that you’re not one of those students, and perhaps a negative can become a positive!</p>

<p>I agree that it’s good you’ve had this kind of professor in advance of transferring.</p>

<p>They’ve heard it all, don’t waste your time explaining.</p>