For students of color hoping to get into the nation’s most elite colleges, application essays are more important than ever.
The Supreme Court’s decision on June 29 reversing affirmative action wiped out most race-conscious admission practices, but left a crucial loophole by permitting applicant-led discussion. “Nothing prohibits universities from considering an applicant’s discussion of how race affected the applicant’s life,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court’s majority opinion for the case.
