<p>Does Cornell re-calculate GPA, and if it does, how does is it done?
What courses would Cornell leave out? All my core classes are 5-8 credits.</p>
<p>Also, I plan to submit an essay talking about the research I did in sophomore year and how that inspired me to choose a career path. However, due to not-so-great documentation, I only actually received an 87 and an 86 for research over the course of two years, but I did get recognition at a state science research competition, and the courses were only one credit each. Is it worth mentioning/explaining my grade in my essay, or should I just not comment on it?</p>
<p>TBH, compared to CC, my GPA is not that great. I'm hoping ED + 35 ACT + being a girl (engineering) + top 10 HS thing will work well enough in my favor.</p>
<p>I asked the same question about D’s one C on her transcript, and most of the responses were uniformly negative – don’t mention it/bring it up/explain it – it only draws attention to it and most people have some ding on their record. Your grade is no where as low as Ds. Good luck!</p>
<p>I don’t know…my son has two low grades on his transcript. A C+ in honors precalc and a B- in honors chemistry. They both have a “reason” behind them. During precalc, he did a three week trip aborad with his humanities class. He was the only sophomore on the trip in precalc (everyone else was in geometry) and the instructor who was sent was the algebra/geometry teacher. My son’s school uses block scheduling, so missing three weeks was a very large chunk of time and he was not able to catch up on everything he had missed. The B- occurred because he had an injury and required surgery. All his grades suffered, but this was the lowest. His guidance counselor says it should definitely be explained and guidance will be the ones to do it.</p>