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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The following may seem crass. I’m sorry.

I think that most people posting missed the part about you having cancer.

Maybe that can actually be a hook and help your DC explain away any weakness in ECs.

What’s your DC’s “story”? DC is helping to take care of Mom.

My guess is that your DC writes well, tha the teachers love your DC, and that your DC may do better at T20 schools with great aid than the jerks here think because your DC is the real thing, not the product of tutoring. [/quote]

I would definitely have the kid talk about the primary parent's cancer diagnosis and its impact on the kid's life in the new part of the Common App (there's a new question). I think it's 250 words. This is exactly where it should go and should be a well-crafted paragraph.[/quote]

Do not do this.  This is the thing admissions officers say they hate.  [/quote]

I disagree. There is a new prompt for extenuating family or personal circumstances. That's where they want it this year. And, everyone person we know who had a parent die or a parent struggle with cancer got into a T10 this year. Take a look at the below.

https://www.essaymaster.com/college-essay-examples/learning-from-illness-harvard-college-personal-statement-tips[/quote]

Except…mom has been sick for years and she said kid win’t want to “craft a story.” OP never said what her cancer is, treatment is like or if kid has had any impact. My husband had cancer but we didnt have the kids apply for a scholarship for kids w/parents who had cancer bc the impact was almost zero on them, comparatively speaking.
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I also had cancer.  No way would I want my kids to use it as a sob story on their app.  Different story if a parent has died.[/quote]

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