<p>I'm strongly considering transitioning from male to female. Now before I continue, I want to stress that IN NO WAY AM I DOING THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL INCREASE MY CHANCES. And I wish to apply to Stanford and the Ivies. I am completely aware that stats and ECs are undoubtedly the most important, but I'm also aware a push for diversity is big at top schools, and would this give me a slight boost? I currently identify as a gay male so I guess the question also aplies to that. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, unless you legally change your gender, you will have to mark the gender on your birth certificate on the Common App. Additionally, there is no place to list if you’re a trans* student, unless you write about it in an essay (and, very rarely, a college may ask it as a supplemental question. Connecticut is the only school I know of that does this.)</p>