Discussing Family, Good or Bad Idea?

throwawayfrfr
Sun, 06 Oct 2019 01:24:43 +0000

My family has been the biggest influence on my life, so I feel that my essays would be incomplete without discussing them in at least one of my essays. My core question is how can I bring these things up (listed below)in essays without coming off as pretentious and a total tool (and would colleges even care about these things).

One of my parents sits on the board of directors/trustees at a company that has yearly revenue of 750 million year, and two of my uncles/aunts are in the C-level at fortune 100/Dow 30 companies (one is president of XXXX for XXX region and the other is C_O of a very large sector of YYY). Being surrounded by them left some very big shoes to fill which lead to my decision to pursue my major as well as served as my introduction to business and what hard work can lead to.

My parents met and were married at this college and always talk about how lovely it is.

(only for Harvard app) The first person to go college in my mom’s family went to Harvard. He was a poor Boston kid and they took a chance on him and he used the opportunity that they gave him to help so many people and dedicated his life to civil service. He later went on to become a professor at Harvard. I have always looked up to how he is always looking for ways to better others and better government (as sees the gov. as a tool for helping people). So many people in government end up selling their soul’s, I really admire his passion and resolve. This influenced me in so many ways, and led me to doing this really big project and exploring public policy and bureaucracy.

I know that this is super douchy, and that is why I here. I would like to discussing these things in an essay, but don’t know how to bring them up without being hella pretentious and sounding entitled.

Thank you in advance for your comments and help