My Personal Experience With Hurricane Sandy (GPA)

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My GPA is low due to the environment and the weather condition at the time. I was in the middle to my last years when hurricane Sandy took place. I lost power due to the storm and by the time the power came back on I had only a few days left to complete my entire coursework. It was a very stressful time but I try to do the best I could due to the situation at the time. I was among the few students that attendant class fulltime online and as a result of lack of electricity, I was unable to do the weekly assignments alone with any weekly discussions. My professors at the time told me that I had two options. One, I had to drop out and retake everything over and the next was work on my final paper and the best I could get was a C plus given the

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