Courtesy of Miles Kirkpatrick
- After I got into Yale, I couldn't shake the thought that it was because of affirmative action.
- Eventually, I accepted that I would never know for sure and that I should move forward.
- I now do everything I can, including overworking myself, to prove I belong.
This has been a bit of a secret, but when I applied to Yale, I chose to apply as an African American-studies major on a whim. I wasn't sure what I wanted to major in, but I was really into W.E.B. Du Bois then, so I wrote an application essay about him. A few months later, I was accepted.