text: is the us college admissions  process racist? serious question-- read my story.? look. i don't usually believe that much racism exists in things like college admissions anymore, but even my patience has been tested this time. i am of arab descent and i was denied from every us college that i applied to except my safety school. i have a 4.00 gpa from the best school in louisisna, i keep a job, i've done many extracurricular activities (ranging from community service to political campaigning), i've lived in 3 different countries, and i have a 1400 sat score. aside from this, i had outstanding teacher recommendations and i spent 2 weeks writing my college essay, having it checked over  and over by teachers, who all rated it very highly. there was one college in particular that accepted every applicant from my school, except me. some of the kids that were accepted in my place were white/jewish, had around 3.3 gpa's, kept few extracurriculars, and had similar sat scores. doesn't this seem all too coincidental to you? the same thing happened to my dad 20 years ago. honestly, i'm not surprised. i would like to say that our colleges are not racist...  but unfortunately, i think it is too likely that they are.  i regret to say that on my massively large campus, i have never heard any student speak up when teachers asked if there were any people of islamic faith present, and there are very few people who appear to be of arab descent.  i absolutely believe that racism in america is not a "black and white" issue anymore.  african americans have --luckily-- been able to campaign for improved access and acceptance, as have asian-americans. to some degree there also appears to be better access for people of hispanic decent and (perhaps to a lesser degree) native americans.   however, i think that just as in wwii there was an upswell in prejudice against people of all asian extraction, i think now there is an upswell in prejudice against people of all arab descent.  i also know that federal financial aid throws up major road blocks for all people of arab descent whose names reflect their heritage.  i had a close friend who worked for sallie mae and reported that loans were consistently frozen "for review" for all people whose names were "substantially similar" to anything on the "terrorist watch list" -- including numerous common arab first and last names, either of which could get someone frozen.  i am sorry and ashamed of this...   *sigh*  i'm not sure what good it will do to challenge these decisions, or if you feel prepared to do that, but know that there are people out here who were born into "white america" and still would support your right to equality in all ways.    i wish you the best of luck.