<p>I'm writing the "why do you want to transfer and what are your objectives" essay.</p>
<p>In order to explain properly how my goals have developed/changed, and to explain a very large gap in my education/work I NEED to discuss my experience with cancer.</p>
<p>I'm creative enough to stay away from cliches such as "Im a better person" "I appreciate life more" (which would be BS anyway)</p>
<p>However I recently read:
<strong><em>Tip Number 1: Cancer research and treatment have advanced by leaps and bounds. Ergo, No One Cares About Your Cancer Story Anymore. Everyone gets cancer nowadays, and lots of people survive it. Those who don't gain a beautiful perspective on life's true value before passing away, such as the value of not annoying me with a thousand words about Daddy's chemo. Hell, while my dad was in the process of pimp-slapping cancers in his kidney, prostate, and skin, I dealt with his sickness with healthy, prolonged silence and staring downward, not through sappy writing and "emotions." In your personal statement, I want to know about your personality, not your inherited genetic predisposition for some ailment which might make you a burden on Health Services. Write about your own problems, not about how some alcoholic relative's liver made you "feel." Stop taking credit for other people's pain, you selfish prick. Next.</em></strong></p>
<p>While this person is ignorant and irritating, I worry if just the mention of cancer could be enough to make a (uneducated) person groan, roll their eyes and move on. I would hope not. </p>
<p>Interested in the opinion of others! and perhaps some suggestions on what you WOULD want to hear about someone's cancer story..and what would rub you the wrong way??</p>