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  1. Hi guys, Im not really sure if this is the right Place for this, but I'm currently trying to write my SOP but am confused as to whether I should address my year off in my SOP or in an addendum. To explain further: I did a three year undergrad in the UK and during my first two years suffered from 'moderately-severe depression'. My grades suffered and my GPA for both years was the equivalent of a 3.0. My doctor and my professors recommended I take a year out to recover and sort everything out - which I did. I then managed to complete my final year with a GPA equivalent to a 3.6 and with a 4.0 in my undergrad thesis. Should I address this issue in my SOP or in an addendum? Should I mention it at all or should I just mention that I had to take a year out for health issues? Also, should I point out that i feel my grades in my final year, along with my GRE results (163 verbal/155 quant/5 analytical), are more indicative of my abilities (a fact which my LORs are willing to also state)? Thanks!
  2. Hi guys, I've got a couple of questions regarding the conversion of a UK GPA to a US GPA. Firstly, do US grad schools take account of the weightings UK universities give to each year of UG? In the UK, first year marks do not count towards your final GPA and second year marks account for only 25% of your final GPA, with third year accounting for 75%. Do US grad schools take this into account or will they include all marks and weight them all equally? This would be a problem for me as, due to rather serious health issues, I received the equivalent of a 3.0 in both my first and second years, but I received a 3.7 in my final year and the equivalent of a 4.0 in my thesis. Secondly, how do US grad schools view discrepancies in grades? I was struggling with health issues for my first 2 years and so, as mentioned above, didnt get good grades. However, after taking a year out to recover, I completed my final year with much better grades. I believe my final year is much more indicative of my academic abilities, but how do I go about showing the universities that that's the case? Do I write an addendum to my sop or will they view this as a weakness? Thanks in advance for any advice.
  3. Hi Everyone, I'd like to apply to study for a Masters in Anthropology (with an emphasis on the anthropology of food). However, my undergraduate degree is in Management and Marketing and I have no work experience in the field of anthropology. To confuse things further, I went to culinary school last year and am currently work as a Baker. When I graduated from university in 2011, I didn't know what to do so I decided to do something seemingly more productive than trying to 'find' myself on a beach in Thailand (as the majority of my friends did). I'm really struggling to work out how I can turn this into a positive rather than a negative - will it make my application less appealing? I have done a lot of reading and truly find the subject fascinating; I'm also currently applying for volunteer and part-time positions at local museums. Also, my undergraduate dissertation was about how subtle differences in culture can alter the effectiveness of adverts; I received a very high grade - equivalent to 4.0. However, I have a fairly average undergraduate grade (2i in UK - roughly works out to 3.4 GPA; this is primarily due to personal difficulties in the first two years (I was averaging about 3.0), but in my final year I was averaging 3.7) On the GRE, I'm averaging 162 verbal and 5 analytical writing. So, basically, how can I make myself look appealing to grad programs? Any thoughts? Thanks in advance!
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