<p>I had straight A's but when I moved my fashion grade dropped to a D and Bio dropped to a B-. I moved schools when the semester was almost over and those two classes are very project based, bringing my grade down a lot.</p>
<p>However, I retook fashion and got an A, and I had already taken Bio the year before and received A's. </p>
<p>Should I still explain the bad grades in the additional info portion of the application? Will colleges understand?</p>
<p>This would be a good thing to discuss with your guidance counselor. It may be best for your counselor to write about it rather than you.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice, however, my counselor just keeps saying ‘‘personal statement’’ and doesn’t understand I’d rather use that to let my personality come through. I just don’t know whether or not to explain it since I retook the classes, and how understanding colleges will be.</p>
<p>It’s really his job to do that explanation, but he may not want to. Some of them are overwhelmed with the number of statements they have to write and/or some are just lazy and not that good.</p>
<p>If he’s not going to do it, you’ll have to, but transferring mid-semester is a perfectly logical explanation, especially if it’s a blip in an otherwise stellar record.</p>