NY Times on new application essays dabbling in so-called "identities"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Afro-Latino kid. 1490 SAT. 4.4 GPA. Essay about flippong cars that he refurbishes.

And you think he was accepted to college because he has curly hair?

When he gets accepted to schools where kids with better stats are denied and you have the Supreme Court case where it was admitted by the schools that his application would get a leg up…then…

No one is thinking a 1060 Sat and a 2.2 gpa is getting into selective schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/14/us/college-applications-admissions-essay.html

Applicants, Colleges Want to Know More About You and Your ‘Identity’

For those of us whose children do not partake in so-called "identification," this is a terrible development. They might as well be asking if you're still beating your wife.

Well then that’s your kid’s identity.