Zoey's 'White Guilt' College Essay - black-ish

Zoey (Yara Shahidi) takes a different approach to her college essay.

[jordanmorrison]

As a foster kid I can't count the amount of times I've heard or been advised "you were a foster kid, colleges eat that up" pity perks are 100%real I promise.

[mauvebassetgirl]

So accurate, regardless of race every college student has to crank up the melodrama and spin a sob story if they want to get in.

[leaf_fan_b]

"Well someone is getting into College" LOL, the shit is fucking hilarious

[beestarjay]

I may live in a predominantly white suburban middle-class area that's preppy to the max, but you better BELIEVE that I mentioned my black dad from West Philly and African immigrant mother every chance I got

[karmicobsession]

When people miss the joke and the exaggeration you get the comments found below.

[GrayAcre]

I milked the hell out of growing up poor with a single mom and a black brother for mine. "She taught me Independence and responsibility... He taught me that life isn't as Black and White as it seems"

[kawaiibookworm]

I'm Mexican-American but this is exactly what I did for my college essay 😂 and I got in

[jdd]

It's scenes like this that makes this one of the funniest shows on TV.

[disneyprincessintraining]

Literally everyone when writing college essays. You have no idea how much I milked being diagnosed with autism on my college essay! Worked like a charm!

[ladyfightsoctopus]

"We're part Samoan" 😂😂😂

[sarahfranks]

I almost lost it when she said we are part Samoan 😩😂 that is so some black people.

[Hotpink]

If you've had a traumatic event you're cool sharing that works too. My dad died earlier that year and my admissions essays (hopefully in combo with some other stuff lol) got me into almost all my schools. I think he would've been proud.

[acatwood]

I'm white, and I find this hysterical.

[ikiniuhulu]

Did she just say "By the way were part Samoan?" 😂😂😂

[ClassicLady]

I really enjoyed what Trevor Noah said about stuff like this: "We don't have to pretend like we have the same past in order to imagine us all having the same future."

[naomismith]

The melodrama of american college applications is so stange. In the uk you just write about your skills and experience and whats inspired you to take the course and where you want to go with it.

[reiylah]

im white and this made me laugh so hard the fucking chipotle or katsuya

[cookiesandrainbows]

This made me realize I have so many sob stories to choose from for my college essay😂 where do I start

[anesthesiaawareness]

I used my diagnosed bipolar disorder a lot in my essay cause I'm middle class and white. I got in, but didn't graduate though because I'm bipolar. No really I just ran out of money and refuse to take out any more loans, but I have the money saved and I am going back to finish in the fall.

[jom]

I love how Dre is nodding with pride like....my baby's going to college.