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My dad was senior class president at Duke. He organized their class gift, which was constructing a new gate. I kind of want to capitalize on my legacy in my application and make the gateposts symbolic of how Duke is a gateway to a successful career/life. Is it too braggy or privileged to just say in my essay "As senior class president of Duke's Class of 1984, my dad...." ??
I don't want to come off too strong, so if this makes me sound really entitled I'll just exclude it from the essay, but I didn't know if it might help me get in.
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You need to be very careful, if you add too much focus, then you are risking losing your own voice. It might just sound like your dad is pushing you to go to duke, or you are just aspiring to follow your dad thus the anecdote. I would avoid putting "senior class president", rather just talk about how that gate has been inspirational.
Maybe, as an alternative, you can say that you have an identical gate at your home/treehouse, thus it seems like your second home, and you find comfort and joy in stepping onto the campus of Duke.
Really up to you, if you wish to take that risk or not.
If you can tie it in to your personal narrative and qualities you try to portray in your college essay it will be fine i tink only talk about it for a little bit not too long.
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