<p>Okay so here is my list of I guess like adversities? Idk I'm pretty new to this site, sorry!!</p>
<p>My mom is a lesbian and a single parent
We make around ~45,000 annually
I'm gay
My mom was an alcoholic but now she's not, idk if this is relevant
I'm caucasian
My mom has a 2 yr degree and my dad a 4 year
I have diagnosed clinical depression and social anxiety</p>
<p>Sorry if this is dumb okay bye</p>
<p>I don’t think any of those things are going to help you much in admissions, however, you might be able to write an essay on one if you choose to.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t being LGBT be something to put on an app? This is in regards to Rice, which I’ve heard is very LGBT friendly.</p>
<p>It is irrelevant in admissions, I tis not a “hook” and will not help you get in. Rice may be LGBT friendly, but that doesn’t mean it helps you in admissions at all. If your parents are divorced, both your parents (and any added spouses they have) will have to report all their income in your financial aid application at any school that requires the CSS Profile (you can tell on a college’s financial aid website page) – I am guessing Rice probably does require the profile. As someone said above, you CAN use any of these things in your essay. However, your essay is really a chance to show what is important about you and what you can add to a campus – do you want any of those things to be the thing the admissions officer remembers most about you? </p>
<p>How are racial minorities a hook and sexual minorities aren’t?</p>
<p>It is up to the college to decide what they want to consider. Whether being L, G, B, and/or T matters depends on the college.</p>
<p>If I dedicated myself to LGBT causes (established a GSA at my school and worked to raise awareness for LGBT problems and volunteered at an LGBT homeless shelter) does it become a more important factor?</p>
<p>Um… they just aren’t. Colleges get plenty of academically qualified gay applicants. They wouldn’t need to dip down into the pool of applicants with lower academic credentials to admit a student body with a % of gay applicants that matches the general population. I think the part you are missing is the under-represented part. You can be a minority (left handed, for example), but that doesn’t mean you are underrepresented in the student body and therefore should get special treatment in admissions.</p>
<p>Thank you, appreciate the honesty.</p>
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<p>A college could conceivably consider the dedication to be a point in your favor, even if just being L, G, B, or T by itself is neutral for admissions.</p>
<p>I go to Rice and I believe I have heard the school is already 10-15% “sexual minorities” (as you put it), so I really don’t think you would get a boost from it at all.</p>
<p>Would you mind looking at another thread of mine? I’m curious what you think of my extra curriculars.</p>
<p>Yea, I responded to your other thread.</p>