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After Affirmative Action Falls, Students, Counselors, and Schools Seek New Roadmap for Admissions | News | The Harvard Crimson
The new legal guidance follows the Supreme Court's affirmative action decision striking down the use of race in admissions.
When Lauren Levinson, now a Weinberg sophomore, was applying to college, she was faced with the task all other high school seniors are: the Common Application essay. Levinson knew just the topic for her essay, which she wanted to serve as a metaphor for greater things in her life: her fear of birds. After being...
Because the Supreme Court left the door open for prospective students to talk about how race has affected their life experiences through essay questions and interviews, colleges are tweaking what they ask applicants.
Students need to recognize what is in their control and what is not and make the most of the areas in which they have full power.