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A supplemental essay prompt from Sarah Lawrence college for the 2023-2024 admissions cycle:

“In a 2023 majority decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, ‘Nothing prohibits universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected the applicant’s life, so long as that discussion is concretely tied to a quality of character or unique ability that the applicant can contribute to the university,’” the question reads. “Drawing upon examples from your life, a quality of your character, and/or a unique ability you possess, describe how you believe your goals for a college education might be impacted, influenced or affected by the Court’s decision.”

Quoting directly from the SCOTUS affirmative action ruling and using it as an essay prompt.

Will other colleges follow suit?

Thoughts?[/quote]
I think the problem with SL's prompt is the ending, the question itself: "describe how you believe your goals for a college education might be impacted, influenced or affected by the Court’s decision.”

Are applicants to interpret "the Court's decision" as ending affirmative action? The college is asking how an applicants educational goals are affected by the end of affirmative action. Or, are applicants to interpret "the Court's decision" as referring to Robert's language about race affecting a person's life?

Either way, the final sentence of the prompt is asking directly about race; is it not doing exactly what the opinion forbids?[/quote]
There is also something moronic about a college asking a student how the college's admission decisions are affected by the Court's decision.[/quote]

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