Do colleges like "sob stories"?

allycat231
Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:56:17 +0000

I don’t think “sob story” would be a great term for this, but I’m wondering if talking about how my dad has multiple sclerosis and alcoholism in my family as reasons for me wanting to go into neuroscience and psychology would be appropriate. I’m obviously not looking to “exploit” my family but I don’t know if colleges would see it in that light.