<p>“I dare any parent of an elite child to have them write about their relationship with God or their church activities as the primary essay of their college application to Yale. That application would be the first one thrown into the paper shredder.”</p>
<p>You’ve got to be kidding me. Do you think if any Buddhist or Muslim wrote about what their faith meant to them, their application would be “the first one thrown into the paper shredder?” Please. You seem to be making a lot of assumptions. The idea that an Ivy League school would reject somebody based on a religious affiliation is both absurd and naive, and contradicts their desire for “diversity,” whatever that may be.</p>