<p>It would be awesome if there was an “I kissed a girl and I liked it” box to check on the Common App…unfortunately, yeah, I don’t think being gay will help too much.</p>
<p>Yes, being gay does help you in the admissions process. I’m hoping to get into the University of Pennsylvania and I think I have a pretty good shot since I am number 9 in a class of 752 and have fairly high SAT scores plus I am able to intertwine my homosexuality into an essay. I also know someone who was number 7 and wrote about his homosexuality in his application essay to Yale and he was accepted (I don’t know if it was because of the fact that he was gay, but I’m sure it helped).</p>
<p>I think it will help determine whether you will “fit” or not in the school’s environment, and you could be very insightful in your essay, but it is not a hook that will give you an extra boost in admissions or anything like that, if that’s what you mean.</p>
<p>This is absurd. Homosexuality shouldn’t under any circumstances help get u into college. I don’t believe in homosexuality and I don’t think it should be used as a factor. Unless it can be proven that homosexuality is not a choice, which will NEVER happen, then it’s pointless.</p>
<p>hereicome, shut up.</p>
<p>that being said, I don’t really think it helps too much.</p>
<p>Ignoring hereicome, I have question for Robespierre21: on what basis do you believe sexual orientation is a plus for your acquaintance or for your upcoming application to UPenn? Plenty of LGBTG people get accepted into top schools. Plenty get rejected. Plenty of people intertwine their homosexuality into their essays and get rejected too. Good luck to you but I maintain my assertion that being gay is no special advantage – especially in terms of top tier school admissions.</p>
<p>Since you don’t BELIEVE homosexuality exists, it is an impossibility. Well, I believe it does, despite my dogmatic beliefs, so a paradox is formulated. And, if there is anything that college admission officers enjoy, that is a healthy challenge, therefore making the engimatic, ambigious gay community a treat to any college’s research and diversity.</p>
<p>Anyways, leaning away from any sort of flame war, (unintentional pun about the gays), I am hoping my essay with the interweavement of homosexuality will help, but, I mean, everyone has troubles, and while mine were a bit worse, they made me a person that I am proud to be. So, leeching off the idea that my life was so hard because I, like so many others, was a bisexual in Catholic, southern home makes me feel…kinda dishonest, because I am glad those events happened… Make sense?</p>
<p>As long as your essay is appealing—homosexual or not—you will lend some interest to your application. Your topic makes sense, but it will not necessarily “tip the scale” just because you explain your identity acceptance (which is a great thing); if it’s a beautiful essay, it’s a beautiful essay, and adcoms will appreciate it. But they will not make their decision with emphasis on your sexual orientation unless they believe you are/are not a good fit for their school. I think we both know that they might not be so happy about it if you are applying to a seriously conservative school.</p>
<p>…People like hereicome are ignorant, and that’s all I have to say about that.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>If you can tie it into a good essay, then great, but the adcoms aren’t going to give you any extra points for your sexual orientation, whatever it is.</p>
<p>Let’s put it this way: one reason race is considered is that it is easy to spot and put in a college pamphlet. “We have a very diverse student body: 64% Caucasian, 10% African American, etc.” which could make the college more appealing to minorities and others looking for a diverse student body. You can’t do that with sexuality, because it’s not an apparent trait. So it’s neither advantageous nor disadvantageous for admissions to consider sexuality.</p>
<p>That is not to say that the essay could resonate with an admission officer, or disgust another. That way, it could “help” or “hurt” you, but frankly, that’s out of your hands.</p>
<p>And hereicome, welcome to the 21st century. Wake up.</p>
<p>It won’t qualify you as a minority, but I think centering an essay around it or something could really be moving. It’s not an observable trait, but you still have to overcome overwhelming challenges everyday, courtesy of ignorant jeks like hereicome.</p>
<p>LOL: Maybe hereicome should write about the passionate viewpoint as the central topic of his/her essays!</p>
<p>If I were you I would not add that on my app because there is no guarantee the college admissions officers will be open-minded, unfortunately.</p>
<p>If the admissions officers would reject someone because the applicant is homosexual, that’s not a college where the OP would be comfortable attending.</p>
<p>Homosexuality just means that you are attracted to people with the same body parts as you.</p>
<p>I don’t see how that can be labeled a minority for college admissions. And it’s not like being homo is going to give you a better chance than a straight person at getting into a college. At some colleges, depending on the person reading your application, it may even hurt you.</p>
<p>@ Northstarmom</p>
<p>It’s not like you’ll know why you got rejected. Maybe the applicant isn’t qualified, so you can’t automatically assume a rejection means the college hates gays.</p>
<p>^ That is not what he was saying. He is saying, that if a school is biased enough to actually reject someone for being gay, whether or not the person knows, then the person is better off in the long run. No one is assuming the school is biased, unless it is Liberty or something. :p</p>
<p>is it a hook if you write half of your personal statements about it?</p>
<p>It is never a hook. A hook is something that colleges must have such as players for their varsity football team. No college needs to have homosexuals.</p>
<p>ok well, not hook in that sense. hook in the sense that it grabs attention and possibly warrants a little laxness</p>