<p>If you did not want derisive comments in response to your college acceptances, then you should have chosen not to respond when asked about your race on the Common Application. You have no right to complain about the assumptions that people make about your college acceptances if you did not take positive steps to avoid such a problem. </p>
<p>Next year, when I apply to colleges, I will check my race. Why will I do this? Because I hope to reap any advantages that this system (however flawed) offers. If I had a problem with people saying that my ethnicity as opposed to merit garnered my acceptances, then I would not make this choice. However, I am comfortable with myself and my achievements, so these opinions will not matter.</p>