homosexual orientation = underrepresented minority?

SnappleSpice
Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:19:37 +0000

I dont think its a huge factor, but being that that was my topic for my essay I can say it might help a little. I came out when I was 15 and had some pretty rough times that I dont normally speak about, but I opened up in my application essay and was accepted to almost all of my schools (including Fordham, a Catholic university. I was denied into one honors program, but other than that I got into all the others).

It probably helped that I was in GSA for all 4 years of high school and President of it for the last two, which shows my passion for being active in what some consider to be a civil rights movement. Of course, I had many other activities and good grades, but I did feel it was important for my colleges to know what I went through in high school and how it helped shape me into a more mature person. My essay was about when I came out, but it really spoke to who I was as a whole person.