Do colleges like "sob stories"?

happy1
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:20:00 +0000

It would be fine to use as a topic but 1) be sure to keep the focus on you, rather than on your dad 2) don’t turn it into a “sob story” but rather focus on the positives – certainly note his illness but it would be better to focus on what you learned from your dad, how your family drives you etc. (as opposed to a “poor me” type of sob story).