Mentioning your name in an essay?

shawnspencer
Sun, 05 Oct 2014 01:09:55 +0000

Whether you decide to include your name or not in your essay, giving away your ethnicity should not be a factor in your decision. They already have your name on file when you submit it (all your records have your name on it), so I don’t see how including your name in the essay will make any difference.

Adding your name could make it more personalized, and thus they could be more likely to connect your name to the essay. At other times though, it could feel irrelevant. If you don’t want to emphasize your ethnicity in your essay, you could always just use your first name or leave it out altogether. But like mentioned above, your name will already be included on other parts of your application. How else would they be able to identify who they are going to be admitting?