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Reply to "NY Times on new application essays dabbling in so-called "identities""
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get people who are responding to this about how it could be asking about things like being an only child or being white. This question is directly related to finding another way to use race in college admissions, notwithstanding the supreme court’s ruling. This is why a non URM struggles with the question. Clearly, anyone can answer this about their identity: only child, disabled, youngest/oldest child, army brat, loss of a parent, ill sibling, etc.,but that’s not the intended use of this essay. [/quote] No. These kinds of questions have been on college applications forever. The only difference is the use of the word, “identity,” versus “tell us about yourself or who you are as a person.” They are asking the same thing. If you can’t think of anything to say about yourself and what shaped you, then you probably should not apply. A person of color certainly wants to be defined beyond their race, as does a white person.[/quote]
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