Affirmative Action?

<p>“Bio: what is your experience with admissions?”</p>

<p>Not sure yet, I’m still a junior. But what I’ve seen, personally, with a limited sample size, is that 50% of the people top tier colleges accept are the actual people I believe colleges want. By that I mean, inherently nice, a good personality, smart and passionate. The other 50% just managed to sell themselves in their application and spent a good portion of their high school years doing everything they could to try to impress adcoms. And I guess it worked.</p>