Racial Bias In College Admissions Essay

Planning on going to college can be the most stressful yet exciting thing in a young adult's life. The application process alone can be stressful: the essays, the test scores, the letters of recommendation and the deadlines. The admission process takes into account your extracurricular activities such as volunteer work, babysitting, sports, etc. Also it's based off of your academic history throughout the young adult’s high school career. That sigh of relief after you hit send on the Common App. But here's the real question: Can your racial background influence your chances of getting into college? Can your ethnicity jeopardise your chances or getting into the school of your dreams? Many applicants have reported that their race can and usually is accounted for when they apply to a college or university. Some caucasian high school seniors have …show more content…
Many who have been affected by this have stepped forward and started sharing their experiences. Jeffrey M. Jones, a writer from the Gallup.com wrote a article called “In U.S. Most Reject Considering Race in College Admissions”. This article spoke about how most colleges and universities are starting to crack down on racial bias in the application process. Throughout this article he also spoke about how two thirds of Americans are now solely being accepted into college based off of their economic and racial status. More Caucasians are being accepted on merit along with scholarships, but apparently 28% of applicants believe that their racial background is being taken accounted for as well their economic standing currently (Jones) . Last year 75% of Caucasians were given higher paying scholarships than 59% of minorities( Jones) that were denied or even given a smaller scholarship, About 10% of African Americans were accepted on merit, and were given half of what other races received (Jones;