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Is It “Okay” to Talk About Race in Your College Application and Essays—And If So, How Should You Do It?

College Essay Guy

For example, a university could consider an applicant’s explanation about what it means to him to be the first Black violinist in his city’s youth orchestra or an applicant’s account of overcoming prejudice when she transferred to a rural high school where she was the only student of South Asian descent.