<p>^ honestly before my senior year I didn’t even know about this perceived edge in admissions. It’s not until I found cc and saw how much people debate it on here did I realize it was such a big deal. I checked off my race because it was just another question on the common app and assumed that those around me would know me and my academic record enough that they would see it was that that got me in - not my skin color.</p>
<p>I just have a problem with the people that assume that being black basically entitles you to any college and you don’t have to work as hard. That is not the point of AA and it is insulting.</p>
<p>Also not checking my race would not have done anything; I’ve thought about that a lot because I wished I hadn’t checked the box so I could show people it was me and not my skin that got me in. However my essay was on how growing up with Trinidadian immigrant parents shaped how I grew up and the cultural conflicts. And if one knows trinidad, they know that it is an island that is primarily black so most would have made the connection even though they aren’t supposed to.</p>