<p>I wrote my essay about my realization that my parents are lesbians and how i was, for a time, ashamed of this. </p>
<p>Do you think that this could be risky as some adcoms might be homophobic?
Especially since i'm applying to one catholic school?
I've also heard that it would make me stand out from the rest of the applicants
What do you think? </p>
<p>It is risky, especially at a catholic school, but i think it’s worth the risk. If they reject you based on that, it’s not a place you want to attend.</p>
<p>It’s a powerful topic and yes, as stated before,risky. BUT I think you should stick with it.Just make sure that when you talk about how you grew to become okay with it, that part isn’t cheesy :] Posting a rough draft on CC would be beneficial :).</p>
<p>^^NO, please don’t tell people to post drafts here. Read the warnings and suggestions about posting essays online. it is wiser to solicit readers.</p>
<p>O sorry, I’ve seen it all the time on CC, I just thought it was the norm ._. But thanks for the tip! :x </p>
<p>I’ve always had a mindset, I need to appeal to the reader instead of stand up for my own beliefs. I’ve talked about this to people and they scold me for not standing by my principals or whatever, but why would I purposely “piss off” the person that is grading my paper (or in this case making a life changing decision)? For example, I would never write a Research paper on the legalization of pot, my opinion or abortion, or my political status because people ARE going to be biased. I think it’s too risky for a catholic school, that’s just my opinion. Maybe if you are applying for other colleges that would be a good essay (There’s less of a chance that the person reading it would be homophobic.)But there is always still a chance that you could be rejected because some close minded person is going to read your essay…</p>
<p>^^ The topic might still be too risky for a religious school, but consider the following:</p>
<p>Most colleges campuses are bastions of liberalism – and that applies to sexual choice. For example, when my kids applied to college several years back there were checkboxes on supplements for gender, which included: (a) Male (b) Female © Transgender (d) Other. For the life of me, I can’t figure out what “Other” would include, but I’m pointing it out to demonstrate how liberal and open the college environment is to sexual orientation. </p>
<p>Secondly, although students have the impression that Admissions Offices are staffed by older, cigar smoking, conservative, white men, the reality is that most Admissions Officers are staffed by young women under the age of 35 who recently graduated from the college you are applying to. And I imagine some Admissions Officers are gay (openly or not) and virtually all of them have known someone in their life who is gay, just by the fact that they went to college recently.</p>
<p>Lastly, with 19 states and the district of Columbia have legalized gay marriage, it’s becoming more normal every day. IMHO rather than being a risky topic for most colleges, I’m beginning to think that essays about “coming out” or “having gay parents” are on the verge of becoming overdone – a topic to be avoided because so many other students are writing about the same issue. For example, in the last several years, a handful of students have privately message me to read their essay and more than half of them have been about coming out to their parents, or the difficult experiences thy have had about having two dads or two mom’s. </p>
<p>its a good unique topic, stick with it.</p>
<p>@Libralove im only applying to one catholic school and its the last place i want to go to school but i understand what you’re saying
@gibby so are you saying i should find a new topic or that it might not be as risky as i think it is? </p>
<p>@marilo12: I’m saying that your topic is NOT risky. I’m also saying your topic is MORE common than you think. Should you choose to write the essay, you should consider what makes your experience different from all the other students applying that have been raised by two moms or two dads and the realizations that they went through. For example: my sister and her partner are raising 3 kids (two girls and 1 boy – one currently in college, one entering college and one a rising senior in high school) in rural Vermont, while my neighbor and her partner here in New York City are raising two twin boys, who will be applying to college this year. What is it about your experience that would be different from their kids? If your essay could have been written by another student in the same situation, then it’s NOT specific enough. A stand-out college essay is so specific in it’s details that only you could write it.</p>
<p>My daughter was president of her Catholic college’s gay straight alliance. Don’t rush to judgments against colleges.</p>
<p>The “other” means anything outside the binary: agender, 2 spirit, genderfluid, etc. Just for future knowledge :)</p>
<p>If you write it well, you’ll be fine. While LGBT visibility is a wonderful thing, it can get real cliche real fast if not done originally.</p>
<p>That is not a very conservative Catholic college she is applying to so don’t worry about the topic, I’m certain it won’t be an issue.</p>