I'm an international student and in my first semester during my master degree, I had some courses with grades like 3.0 out of 5.0 and 2.0 out of 5.0 and ended up the semester with 3.5 GPA. The following 3 semesters were almost perfect scores (expect for 2 or 3 courses).
I had some bad experiences during that semester which affected my grades. Should I address this in my SOP?
Explaining a BAD semester in SOP
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I'm an international student and in my first semester during my master degree, I had some courses with grades like 3.0 out of 5.0 and 2.0 out of 5.0 and ended up the semester with 3.5 GPA. The following 3 semesters were almost perfect scores (expect for 2 or 3 courses).
I had some bad experiences during that semester which affected my grades. Should I address this in my SOP?