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silversurfer
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Stacy,
I started undergrad when I was 18 and quit school as a Junior, essentially flunking or getting Ds as I walked away in disgust from a failing program at my state school. My adviser and favorite professors all quit at the end of the previous semester and the teaching assistants couldn't made things work in their absence. The program was eliminated by the university the following year.
I returned to school with a new major planning to get all As, but my parents separated and I got a D in one class and got As, Bs, Cs on the remainder of my classes. Some semesters I got 3 out of 3 As as I worked and went to school. I got my degree with a 2.2 average after 7 years.
I took many skill-building IT classes, including university classes, and got straight As, except a professor refused to accept my final project while my wife was 8 monthspregnant with our first child. I told him I couldn't fix the project until I dealt with my new responsibilities as a father, and when I attempted to fix the project the professor had already quit the school and moved to Germany. That class has an official grade of "F."
I'm a mid-level corporate manager with 10 years experience, certified PMP, MSCE, CISSP. My first GMAT practice test got 600 with no study and I hope that I can get about 650-700. I am a published book and magazine author, professional speaker, researcher with credits in three history books. I've been interviewed in business magazines- but only for the websites, never in print.
All the companies have been small, entrepreneurial government contractors and IT services companies.
What I wanted to think was a sort of youthful problem seems to be a recurring issue- When I'm confronted with difficult external stimuli I screw up the classes.
How will these grades affect my chances? Do I have to include transcripts from every time I took a university night school class for work? I've taken 5 different graded classes at different schools. What would happen if I skipped the night school transcripts? Would that be unethical?
How would you view this in admissions? In each situation I had very specific reasons for these events happening. However I never want to appear that I'm making excuses for this behavior- just explanations. My sister graduated with a 3.5 average and 10 years later still has no career. I scraped by while working, writing, building a life and a small consulting company on top of my regular job.
I started undergrad when I was 18 and quit school as a Junior, essentially flunking or getting Ds as I walked away in disgust from a failing program at my state school. My adviser and favorite professors all quit at the end of the previous semester and the teaching assistants couldn't made things work in their absence. The program was eliminated by the university the following year.
I returned to school with a new major planning to get all As, but my parents separated and I got a D in one class and got As, Bs, Cs on the remainder of my classes. Some semesters I got 3 out of 3 As as I worked and went to school. I got my degree with a 2.2 average after 7 years.
I took many skill-building IT classes, including university classes, and got straight As, except a professor refused to accept my final project while my wife was 8 monthspregnant with our first child. I told him I couldn't fix the project until I dealt with my new responsibilities as a father, and when I attempted to fix the project the professor had already quit the school and moved to Germany. That class has an official grade of "F."
I'm a mid-level corporate manager with 10 years experience, certified PMP, MSCE, CISSP. My first GMAT practice test got 600 with no study and I hope that I can get about 650-700. I am a published book and magazine author, professional speaker, researcher with credits in three history books. I've been interviewed in business magazines- but only for the websites, never in print.
All the companies have been small, entrepreneurial government contractors and IT services companies.
What I wanted to think was a sort of youthful problem seems to be a recurring issue- When I'm confronted with difficult external stimuli I screw up the classes.
How will these grades affect my chances? Do I have to include transcripts from every time I took a university night school class for work? I've taken 5 different graded classes at different schools. What would happen if I skipped the night school transcripts? Would that be unethical?
How would you view this in admissions? In each situation I had very specific reasons for these events happening. However I never want to appear that I'm making excuses for this behavior- just explanations. My sister graduated with a 3.5 average and 10 years later still has no career. I scraped by while working, writing, building a life and a small consulting company on top of my regular job.
