is getting covid a valid excuse for getting a c in a class

I got a C in one of my AP classes, followed by 2 B's (also AP classes) and 3 A's (regular, required classes). But, because I had a really bad case of COVID, I couldn't bring my grades up for the next semester. If my advanced classes increase in grade by the end of 2nd semester, will having covid be a valid excuse in the explanation section of my college application?

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@Anonymous123

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• 2 years ago

How long did you have COVID? When did you get it? How did it affect you?

[🎤 AUTHOR]@dancer32702 years ago

I had covid at the end of the semester when I was trying to turn my grades around, and was really sick, and couldn’t study because of how sick I was. Because of it, my test scores were bad, and I couldn’t improve my grades

@Anonymous1232 years ago

In that case, justify on your application how COVID impacted your grades. As @SiennaTheScholar mentioned, you can try to get something like that done, but I'm not sure if your counselor would do it too.

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