LGBT Status

I would strongly encourage you to mark this down on your application because it will increase your chances of being accepted. This is a diversity factor, and one of the main values of business school is the diversity. So this would signal you was being a high-value applicant.

I understand your concern, I don't think they call your recommenders and 99% of the cases however do indicate in the additional information that you are not out in the workplace and that you'd prefer they not bring this up should they contact your recommenders.

If you feel like that's not enough, and I encourage you to do this, get in touch with Admissions and explain your situation.

But by all means you definitely want to take advantage of the significant advantage of being diverse and in this case LGBT.

Many schools actually have online chats and webinars that are specific to LGBT applicants, so I would look for that as well, not an important necessarily but it might help you feel even more comfortable.


="smokeyg"]Hi all,

I have a bit of a tricky question. I work in a very conservative industry (finance) and come from a very conservative town. I am LGBT, but I have told very few people this in my life...just ~10-15 close friends. I am not "out" professionally or with my family.

This is obviously a pretty loaded question with a ton of different perspectives, but my question is if I should disclose this and explain it to schools in the "Additional Information" section?

If you do believe that yes, I should mark myself as LGBT on the app and explain the background, do I need to worry about the school telling anyone? I am not comfortable being out in the workplace (in my job you still hear a lot of slurs, etc)

For obvious reasons, I am leaning towards not marking this on my application at all, but some of my friends feel differently and I would love some perspective because I am really struggling with the decision.

Thanks all and happy new year.[/quote]

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