If your counselor has told you not to come out in your essay, don’t assume you know why. But I don’t want to assume I know your counselor, so do me a favor. I’m trying to imagine why a counselor would say this. Possible Reason #4: My counselor told me not to come out in my essay. Here’s the question: has coming out shaped your life and values in important ways? Then maybe (at least) consider it. Possible Reason #3: But I haven’t been bullied. Oh, and Campus Pride has TONS of resources for helping LGBTQ students in the college process-check out this podcast for more. To get you started, here’s a list of gay-friendly colleges (spoiler: it’s long, but how awesome is that). Amiright? How do you avoid ending up at a non-inclusive school? Research schools carefully. But hey, if for some reason the college has an anti-LGBTQ bias, you probably don’t want to go there anyway.
Possible Reason #2: The college may not accept me, or may have an anti-LGBTQ bias.įirst of all, most college admissions readers are pretty cool, open-minded people.
And we’ll address how to show you’re more than just your coming-out story in part two of this post-with examples! Possible Reason #1: I don’t want people thinking that’s ALL of me-there’s so much more.
