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Reply to "NY Times on new application essays dabbling in so-called "identities""
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[quote=Anonymous]These essays only matter at highly sought after universities where the school needs to choose among qualified applicants. I really do not see the essays as much different that before the lawsuit, they already asked questions that were not obviously connected to academic merit and went to what else a student may bring to a college or university. Why is one students having overcome obstacles that are related to qualities of identity less relevant that another student having been president of three clubs and an award winning debater. And just being a POC is not getting anyone into a competitive college without both academic achievement and substantial objective accomplishments such as debating awards or whatever. It is a compilation of a bunch of info that helps a school create a class from the oversized pile of qualified students. Everybody loves to whine, but there is plenty of great education to go around.[/quote]
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