SCAD Letter Sample

I’m writing this letter to the admission committee of SCAD in order to explain my unsatisfactory performance I had in several classes throughout my high school career in hopes to give insight into why my letter grades turned out the way they have.

I’ll have to admit I’ve always had issues with academic performance throughout my high school career, and frankly I was not surprised, yet distraught that I was asked to submit a letter of explanation. I have always gotten great pleasure in learning new ideas and concepts, and for the most part enjoyed public school and what it offered and taught me. My sophomore year is when id confirmed that I suffer from depression and clearly showed its symptoms. I had difficulty concentrating, remembering details, and feelings of hopelessness and pessimism. In my
years as an underclassman I never grasped the concept that the grades I made then are going to heavily impact my future. Almost every day I reflect on it and I have feelings of regret. I progressively made poor grades and obtained feelings of discouragement, which then spiraled into me to continue to progress down this unhealthy path. Since then I have made feats into improving this issue since it was affecting my life in other aspects as well as school.

Recognizing how detrimental this behavior was becoming I have reached out to many of my peers and superiors and found solutions to better this behavior.
One of my main issues in school was simply not turning in assignments due to lack of motivation; I have changed this since then and been very proactive with the betterment of this issue. In the past year I have realized the absolute importance of forming good habits before graduating and being thrown into the real world. With this newly formed outlook I have made it my top priority to turn in all assignments and be much more aware of due dates by now habitually using a calendar and to-do list to keep track of my assignments and responsibilities. Touching back on the issue of my depression I have as well made feats in bettering my disorder by filling up my schedule while still leaving adequate time for school. Some of the things I have done are, joining a rock climbing gym to climb competitively and in turn earned myself employment to the gym, I have as well have become an avid cyclist and have become much more social and continue to have my schedule full. I have improved tremendously from the mind state I once
possessed.

SCAD is the school I’d like to attend the most out of all of my choices. I really hope my low GPA isn’t my downfall, and aside from the classes I did not succeed in I excelled in all the others. I believe I’m a good student that just had to learn a few lessons to get to where I am today. I hope the committee will use the insight I have brought forth and have a different outlook on my situation. Thank you for your time and consideration.