Should I write about my C in Alg. II?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of California - Los Angeles
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<p>Hello!</p>

<p>I was looking at the third prompt of the UC essay (Is there anything you'd like us to know about your academic record..etc?), and one of the ideas the UCs gave for what to write about was "inconsistancies in your academic record."</p>

<p>My weighted culm. GPA is a 4.1, and unweighted is 3.85. My SATs are 800 verbal, 730 writing, and 520 math. (retaking, but don't think I'm going to do amazingly better in math.) I got ELC, so I am in the top 4% of my high school class at a "competitive" school. </p>

<p>Last year, my junior year, I got all As in my APs/Honors classes (and 5's on the AP exams), B both semesters in regular Chemistry, and a C both semesters in Algebra II. I had gotten A-s in math up until these Cs in Algebra II.</p>

<p>There was no "unusual" reason for the Cs other than that I had a hard teacher, and for some reason I found algebra II to be very difficult. I worked really hard, but that's what I got. Instead of taking Trig or no math this year, I am taking AP Statistics and getting a B. </p>

<p>So, should I talk about the C/not amazing math ability in college essays (I hear that college admins will get mad if you don't "explain" a bad grade/weakness) even though there isn't much to say? Or, should I just include in a sentence that I'm simply not a math star, and dedicate that space to writing something positive?
Please respond!!! Thanks!!</p>

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<p>I got Cs both semesters in sophomore english. got As in english the other 3 years mainly because I didn't end up taking AP english jr/sr year.
I was considering writing my third essay on that but I didn't have a good excuse for my Cs, I just was too prideful to ask for help >.<</p>

<p>but since you did try really hard in your class, you could talk about how you perservered despite your Cs and continued your math education by taking AP stats, but if there isn't much to say, you might have better luck writing an essay that tells them more about you and show your personality?</p>

<p>anyways, good luck! hope you can raise your SAT math score a little</p>