Explaining My Bachelors GPA

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I was hoping I could take this opportunity to explain my Bachelors GPA. I am quite happy with the GPA that I obtained during my Master’s degree. On the other hand, I wish I could have earned a better GPA with the Bachelor’s degree. I wanted to offer an explanation as to why it was lower than what I would like it to be. When I enrolled at Boise State, I had not attended a school in 20 years, beyond the usual military training programs. In addition, I worked a full time job and a second part time job on the weekends. My days would often turn out to be 20 hours of work and school work combined. I really started to turn my GPA around in the last two years when I finally found a balance and my degree really started to target the B.S. requirements.

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