In this letter, I would like to take time to explain to the Admission’s Committee why my GPA is not what should be expected of me. One of the reasons it was lower is because I truly do not like math. It is not one of my stronger traits. Just getting through a math class was a massive success. The other reason would be that I lost a very good friend to suicide. Not to play on heart strings, but it did affect my school work in a negative way. That was a dark time in my life as I blamed myself for not noticing or not doing enough. I was able to overcome it by doing research on suicide and participating in suicide prevention activities. In participating in these activities, I have learned to overcome this hard time and many others that I have faced
