Do colleges like "sob stories"?

angelkitty247
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 01:08:38 +0000

Yea that sounds like it could be a great essay! Just don’t focus on how your dad powered through or whatever. When talking with someone who happened to be my SAT proctor who also happened to be a UC admission officer, she was telling me how she read these incredible essays about how some kid’s parents work so hard everyday and have lived through X, Y, and Z difficult situations. After finishing reading those essays, she wanted to admit their parents and not the kid themself!

So, my point is: focus on how seeing his strife motivates you and how you took actions etc. How did you turn his disease into opportunity or action? Not, how hard was your dad’s life or how brave is he for powering through.