<p>thats a stupid question, i hope you're joking.</p>
<p>Being gay will definitely improve your chances of admittance at Columbia. Just as being a high ranking member of the Taliban will improve your chances at Yale, and being an extremist Iranian mullah will guarantee admittance at Harvard. It also helps being a Holywood celebrity at Yale or being the son/daughter of a celebrity or political big-wig at Brown.</p>