By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan By — Christina Romano Christina Romano Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/college-admissions-essays-more-important-for-students-after-end-of-affirmative-action Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Audio Students who are starting to apply to colleges for the coming year are the first class to deal with the impact of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn affirmative action. For many high school students, this annual rite of passage is now trickier than ever to navigate. Special correspondent Hari Sreenivasan takes a look for our higher education series, Rethinking College. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Oct 17, 2023 By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan joined the PBS NewsHour in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program. @hari By — Christina Romano Christina Romano