<p>I'm applying to Ualbany/oneonta and I'm having trouble with my essay topic. I wrote one basically discussings how I had C's freshman year, but once I got to my junior year and realized that I needed to kick butt in order to get into a good school, I managed to get mainly A's, even though my junior year was most difficult academically and emotionally (my parents split up, my grandpa was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and passed away shortly after), I was able to persivere and reach my goals of maintaining good grades and doing well on the SATs. </p>
<p>Is that something that would be good to write about? I dont want it to sound
like a sob story, nor do I want to be too common</p>