<p>Hey guys i just thought of an easy way to get accepted. Let me know if you think it would work.</p>
<p>Pretend your gay on application and during your interview.</p>
<p>I know a lot of schools (UPenn included) really try to get a diverse student body, and this years valedictorian from my school was gay and he got into Harvard. Is it worth a try?</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>no i’m completely serious</p>
<p>rofl.
pretend you’re black while you’re at it.</p>
<p>^ no during the interview it would be too obvious your not black.</p>
<p>Tight pink t-shirt: $6
Rainbow short-shorts: $6.50
Black facepaint: $5
Getting into UPenn: Priceless.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>^I LOL’ed at that… but this thread wasn’t supposed to be a joke</p>
<p>Ummm I’m not really sure how to respond to this thread. Part of me is mad that I didn’t think to try and do this (maybe Princeton would have said yes to me then =D). Part of me is proud that I got into the schools I did without manufacturing (or even genuinely having) any hooks. Finally, part of me is mad that you would distort your sexuality (something that many religions, people, and true gays hold very dear to them) for college.</p>
<p>It’s a hypothetical, but definitely an option I might try out on one (or more) of HYPSMC</p>
<p>You are a bad person.</p>
<p>No… Homosexuals are actually more than adequately represented at top universities.</p>
<p>But pretending to be a URM sounds rather amusing. Especially if you were Asian, grew long hair, and pretended to be Native American. Or if you just got a really dark tan…</p>
<p>“Why is your last name (Insert Asian last name here)” if you’re African-American?" “I’m half of each.”</p>
<p>I wonder if anyone’s pulled that off before.</p>
<p>First of all, as a gay person, I find this thread highly offensive.
Second of all, I find this thread ingenious.
I never thought being gay even helped you get in.
I thought that they only cared about the minorities that they put on the information they send to people so people think the school is open and accepting (i.e. race, religion, geographic location). And how would the school even know you’re gay from your application; there is nowhere on the commonapp that you identify your sexual orientation.</p>
<p>^here’s how they find out: you write one of your essays on how coming out was a traumatic experience for you because you went to high school in a conservative rural town where everyone clings to guns and religion. You then say that despite the daily threats you encountered you never had any regrets about being true to yourself and were able to persevere, excelling academically and extracurricularly. You conclude by stating that at Penn you would be able to experience a supportive academic environment and a vibrant LBGT community.</p>
<p>^EXACTLY… It would be hard for them to reject you.</p>
<p>^^
Haha thats awesome.</p>
<p>looks like my app is going to be pretty competitive minus my mediocre ACT lol</p>
<p>say you’re a homosexual half African-American, half Native-American female engineer who’s name is Chief Jemima, you’ll get in fasho</p>
<p>ib612 you just made my day. oh and add growing up in Sierra Leone perhaps running away from the diamond mines to swim across the Atlantic Ocean to get to America. your native american father had met your mom in Sierra Leone but then abandoned you as well.</p>
<p>I honestly don’t think it helps that much. </p>
<p>Yale is an overwhelmingly gay school. There’s a saying in New Haven that goes by: “one in four, maybe more”, implying a quarter of Yale’s student body is gay.</p>
<p>It’s obviously not a real statistic, but the gayness on campus is evident. </p>
<p>But what I’m trying to point out is that being gay isn’t a hook as much as it used to be. I can guarantee you there were a hell of a lot less gays at Yale in the 60’s as there are now.</p>
<p>It could help you, but it’s not moral in the slightest sense.</p>
<p>^I wasn’t aware of that. The “That’s Why I Choose Yale” video makes so much more sense now…</p>