<p>If i made my essay about a struggle me and my family has had to overcome, would this be a good type of essay to submit or would this be looked at using it to be felt sorry for?</p>
<p>It depends on how you write it. Sometimes, you can write an excellent essay that the adcoms'll definitely remember. Othertimes, your essay can become a trite disaster that'll explode, resulting in third degree burns, loud, blaring sirens, and possibly some curiously dressed PI with a long, horselike face and a heavy moustache and a cap with a feather and a long brown brim. And, if you present in a way that shows you're better/stronger, I don't think they'd look at thinking you're playing the pity card. I'm not an adcom though, so don't take my advice too seriously. I'm another applicant like you :D</p>