Anonymous
08/24/2025 15:14
Subject: Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As long as you have high stats, I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s an admit whether or not you write about it.
It could be a reason not to admit though? If TO? And biracial?
This year TO becomes highly controversial. The TO admit has to be super strong elsewhere this year.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:41
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
The race boxes don't matter. The application review portal used by AOs does not display the boxes.
The universities have additional race box they use for demographics, reported…
I don’t trust anything. Period
+1
We were expressly told by counselor to leave it blank (on common app and school app) in 2024. If they don’t need it, can’t use it then why have a box at all ?!?!!!!
The race box is used by the university's institutional research office to report data required by the Department of Education.* It is not allowed to be used by the admissions office following the US Supreme Court opinion in the SFFA case.
*required by the Department of Education for enrolled students and published in the college's Common Data Set.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:40
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
The race boxes don't matter. The application review portal used by AOs does not display the boxes.
The universities have additional race box they use for demographics, reported…
I don’t trust anything. Period
+1
We were expressly told by counselor to leave it blank (on common app and school app) in 2024. If they don’t need it, can’t use it then why have a box at all ?!?!!!!
The race box is used by the university's institutional research office to report data required by the Department of Education. It is not allowed to be used by the admissions office following the US Supreme Court opinion in the SFFA case.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:33
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
The race boxes don't matter. The application review portal used by AOs does not display the boxes.
The universities have additional race box they use for demographics, reported…
I don’t trust anything. Period
+1
We were expressly told by counselor to leave it blank (on common app and school app) in 2024. If they don’t need it, can’t use it then why have a box at all ?!?!!!!
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:32
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
The race boxes don't matter. The application review portal used by AOs does not display the boxes.
The universities have additional race box they use for demographics, reported…
I don’t trust anything. Period
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:16
Subject: Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As long as you have high stats, I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s an admit whether or not you write about it.
It could be a reason not to admit though? If TO? And biracial?
TO is over if you are applying to a top school.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:06
Subject: Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:As long as you have high stats, I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s an admit whether or not you write about it.
It could be a reason not to admit though? If TO? And biracial?
TO is a reason not to admit, all by itself.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:05
Subject: Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:As long as you have high stats, I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s an admit whether or not you write about it.
It could be a reason not to admit though? If TO? And biracial?
Anonymous
08/24/2025 14:05
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
The race boxes don't matter. The application review portal used by AOs does not display the boxes.
Exactly. The pp is an idiot.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 13:34
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
Anonymous wrote:We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
The race boxes don't matter. The application review portal used by AOs does not display the boxes.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 13:33
Subject: Common app essay and identity
As long as you have high stats, I wouldn’t worry about it. It’s an admit whether or not you write about it.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 13:30
Subject: Re:Common app essay and identity
We are checking race box after we did not for prior child. Transparency is what they want …
Anonymous
08/24/2025 13:30
Subject: Common app essay and identity
No, there is no prohibition on what the applicant wishes to share in the essay.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 13:29
Subject: Common app essay and identity
I wouldn’t make a kid live by a silly rule like that. Most kids would also have to hide their first name, last name, address, high school, and/or activities list.
Anonymous
08/24/2025 13:17
Subject: Common app essay and identity
Hearing many private counselors are advising not to mention anything about racial, ethic or religious identity in common app essay given current Trump admin oversight and general cautiousness in college GC office.
Do we agree?
Do we agree?