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“I guess I don't get the outrage. They are basically asking you to write about who you are as a human, and I don't sense that they are asking you to specifically identify with a certain class, gender, race, etc.”

As I understand it, it all has to do with relevance. If some kid writes about escaping from the carnage in Iraq, it’s relevant which religious group his family belonged to. What people are wary of is essays like “Coming from the Chaldean minority in Iraq, my dyslexia has made it particularly hard to master calculus….”  That is, throwing in identifying data where it has no relevance.

Some think that’s fair payback, while others are hoping to make progress towards the “content of their character, not…”[/quote]

I'd be super interested in knowing more about an applicant who belonged to the Chaldean minority in Iraqu, also about how s/he has overcome dyslexia, which I know from a family member how challenging that is. Sounds like someone with some interesting background and character![/quote]

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