2 races+ and gender

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Better than that is to mark American Indian. Elizabeth Warren did it. I suspect this strategy is not uncommon since there's already a name for this phenomenon or strategy. Also, an Ashkenazi jewish friend of mine marks "African American" whenever he needs a lift."

Horrible idea. Once you do it, it will follow you around forever.

I've seen these a$$hoes rise to the top. Same way some women climb the ladder on their backs.

[Anonymous]

In this age of Rachel Dolezal, just pick the race you "feel" at the moment.

[Anonymous]

My mixed race DD is only a HS freshman so hasn't really encountered the 'box checking' issue. But she definitely identifies more as AA because that's how people treat her.

[Anonymous]

Obama identified as black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most mixed race students choose to identify with and select a single race.

And boys often have an edge when applying to smaller schools as many of them tend to attract girls more easily. Boys tend toward the big loud football schools.

Source?

It's sort of a common knowledge at slacs where the male/female ratio is already skewed, close to 60 to 40, males tend to have advantage over females. Average acceptance at Vassar, for example, is approximately 30%. For females, it's more like 10-15%.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/03/14/want-a-college-admissions-edge-these-schools-might-give-you-a-gender-advantage/?utm_term=.6955c3f80b18