Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Putting race on college applications
Applying to college has become the most competitive it has ever been. Colleges are receiving more applications than ever before and they are being forced to reject more students. Grades, SAT scores and extracurricular activities are the three major things colleges look at. What the application also asks for is the student's family income and the students race among other things. In my persuasive essay I plan to discuss why colleges should get rid of asking for the students' race. It only leaves room for discrimination against all races depending on how diverse the college is trying to be. The election of 2008 has truly made history because the new president, Barrack Obama is half African American. Our country should take a step forward and try to get rid of racism and discrimination in all accounts. A major start would be with college applications to give every student a fair chance, no matter what ethnicity they are, to be accepted into their school of choice.
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I must say I agreee with this in some ways. You made some valid points regarding race, but at the same time I can see why colleges ask such questions. I thik they do it because they want to make sure they have a diverse student body, and also for certain statistics. maybe its wrong in a sense, but when you look at the bigger picture its necessary.
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