Teenagers of all backgrounds are reconsidering their shots at getting into competitive colleges. Admissions counselors are rethinking how students should discuss their races in application essays.
Now, though, she will have no idea what to say — especially to students of color.
“If you haven’t had test prep [or] lots of extracurriculars, I don’t know if they’re going to have a shot anymore, and that’s really sad,” Stagner said. “And I’m just really concerned about what it’s going to do to their thinking about if and how they can get into a school.”
Aliya Crawley, a 17-year-old Black rising high school senior in Detroit, worried about her ability to win entry at a top school. She said the ruling will add “another level of stress” as she begins the college application process this fall. She said the Supreme Court’s ruling means she cannot be fully seen as the young Black woman she is — and shrinks the universe of schools she considers realistic.
“I will most likely have to limit myself to only applying to historically black colleges, rather than having the opportunity to get accepted to Ivy Leagues,” Crawley wrote to The Post. “This could affect the jobs or careers that I would have in my future.”
