greyrobot

Thank you both on your insights and perspective! I just didn't want to gloss over something that needed to be explained, per my SOP instructions,or come across as trying to avoid the topic. Fortunately I have work experience in a library setting so I'll focus on that. Back to writing my SOP!

Newbie here, I've found many topics here on addressing bad grades on a SOP but I was wondering if I should I address each bad grade/class individually. I had 3 Ds spread over the four years as an undergraduate, so it's not like I had one bad semester (one bad semester would be easier to explain but for me it didn't happen like that). I feel if I make one statement about the three, that may sound like too little info...but at the same time going down the list and explaining each class seems like overkill. I got my BA ten years ago....so I don't really remember the specifics about what happened for each class but I probably just did not get/jive/understand them. I did manage to get a cumulative 3.24 GPA; way over the minimum requirements to get in my desired school; so I will focus on that. I just don't want to leave out the part about my 3 bad grades since it was required per the program's instructions. Any insight appreciated.