What if my undergraduate career was unusual in some way (transfers, study in another country, undergrad degree in field other than English, etc.)?
Students succeed in many different ways, and we have had practice in evaluating a variety of different kinds of undergraduate success. We don’t have just one possible model in mind. That said, there are things you can do to ensure that your application is easier to evaluate, here and elsewhere. If your undergraduate career involved a lot of transfers, then including a brief CV which lists the places where you studied will help your readers keep the transcripts straight. If failures, low grades, or dropping out were factors at some point, then at your discretion you may want to include a letter of recommendation from someone who can explain the circumstances, or make some brief mention of them in your Statement of Purpose. If you have studied abroad, many institutions will include with the transcript they send some explanation of the way they evaluate students and what the US equivalents of your grades would be: you should ensure that this is done if at all possible (though Duke does su
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