<p>I have unfortunate situations I feel I want to describe when they ask about our parents. I feel a little scared sometimes to write about this stuff. Is this truly confidential? How personal have you gone?</p>
<p>I got pretty personal. I wrote in one of my essays that I just don’t tell a lot of people this stuff. Actually, three of the people who proof read my bio essay said it was really depressing, but they knew there was nothing I could say to make it lighter. that’s when I figured I had done my job.
I didn’t write about any of the hairy details though. I said things like: my mom suffers from severe mental illness and PTSD, instead of my mom would sometimes get drunk and cry and I could swear she sounded like she was dying of a broken heart.</p>
<p>Sometimes I feel scared to write something about my family that they wouldn’t have known i thought, because I just keep my mouth shut. I feel it’s worth mentioning in the app though…
I should just be truthful, shouldn’t I. No one will see this stuff but QB and colleges, right?</p>
<p>yes, that’s true. no one but QB and your colleges will see it.</p>
<p>I don’t know. I face some issues with my mom, but I didn’t really want to get her in trouble or anything like that so I just didn’t mention those things…I guess it just depends on what it is.</p>