No joke.

<p>I actually do have one more question that maybe you guys could help me with, though.</p>

<p>A lot of my time over the past few months has been spent caring for my dad, and it’s definitely interfered with other activities. I don’t want to seem like I am milking this or exploiting my father’s illness, and I’m very hesitant to mention it on my college application, but it has occupied a significant chunk of my time that otherwise would have been spent on academic pursuits. It’s a sort of tricky issue for me and I’m unsure what to say. :-/</p>