I'm a person of color who was just accepted into Princeton after the repeal of affirmative action. As a recently accepted student to Princeton University, it might've been the best I ever played. As a person of color, I was the guinea pig round of the increasingly unpredictable admissions process. AdvertisementI tried to show the admissions officers I'm a person — not a scoreI went test-optional. I figured it would be harder to reject a person than a number, so I gave them a person.

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Persons: I'm, —, might've, I'd, couldn't, Finegan Kruckemeyer Organizations: Princeton, Service, Princeton University, Ivy League Locations: Princeton