<p>Hello,
I applied to Gtown and recently sent in my mid-year report which to be quite frank was not as good as I would have wanted it to be. I sent a letter along with my report (and to all my schools) explaining some circumstances at home. One year ago my father was struck with a major heart attack and me being the only other male living in the household I had to take upon most of the family affairs, especially coming from a culture that places a huge emphasis on the male figure in the family. This presented an incredibly stressful and hard situation for me as I had to choose between taking care of my family or taking care of school (which I had always excelled in) and I feel I took the right course of action by taking care of my family. Because of this my mid-year grades have been sub-par. Recently my father has made a recovery and thus relieved me of much of the stress of day to day family life. In my letter I asked Georgetown if they could possibly consider my 3rd quarter grades or something so that I may prove to them that I have what it takes to perform at their school (im taking 6 AP's). I did not intend to make this an excuse but rather to explain why I had this recent dip in grades. Do you think Georgetown and also the other schools I applied to will keep this in mind as they review my application?
Thank You</p>
<p>bump? does anyone have any experience or know of some (God forbid). Ive just worked my butt off for so long and would hate to see it go to nothing just because I felt like I did the right thing in taking care of family (which I do feel was the right thing).
Thank you</p>
<p>you sent the letter.. you did what you could do.</p>