How often do you think applicants lie about their race?

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Anonymous wrote:I read how it’s all self reported information and how colleges claim to have a large diverse population. Is this happening rarely or frequently?

There was data on this a while back. Native American was the most prevalent lie. It was a larger percentage than one might think, if my recollection is correct.

What is the Native American percentage at the average school? 2%? This is immaterial.

+1 if lying is happening on a large scale why are the numbers not hiring on college campuses? Either AOs are aware of the problem and these kids are not getting in, it isn’t widespread, or the candidates are weak applicants and checking a box DIDN’T benefit them as so many want to believe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I read how it’s all self reported information and how colleges claim to have a large diverse population. Is this happening rarely or frequently?

There was data on this a while back. Native American was the most prevalent lie. It was a larger percentage than one might think, if my recollection is correct.

What is the Native American percentage at the average school? 2%? This is immaterial.

+1 if lying is happening on a large scale why are the numbers not hiring on college campuses? Either AOs are aware of the problem and these kids are not getting in, it isn’t widespread, or the candidates are weak applicants and checking a box DIDN’T benefit them as so many want to believe.

Should say “not represented on”

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30 years ago my friend got into Berkeley’s law school as a Native American. She had to prove it though, as did everyone who checked that particular box. You also wouldn’t have known she was NA just looking at her.

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Anonymous wrote:30 years ago my friend got into Berkeley’s law school as a Native American. She had to prove it though, as did everyone who checked that particular box. You also wouldn’t have known she was NA just looking at her.

Pre-dna technology- how exactly was she able to do that 30 years ago? A letter written by Chief Bighorn ?

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If this is happening then elite schools claiming high levels of diversity must be full of white kids that couldn’t get a seat based on stats and needed a 150+ point bump according to Harvard data 😭😳😬

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Anonymous wrote:30 years ago my friend got into Berkeley’s law school as a Native American. She had to prove it though, as did everyone who checked that particular box. You also wouldn’t have known she was NA just looking at her.

Pre-dna technology- how exactly was she able to do that 30 years ago? A letter written by Chief Bighorn ?

Wow, you are stupid. Tribal registration.

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+1 on the stupid part

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Anonymous wrote:I knew a lot of people personally who did. One kid of white South Africans said AA. One half Moroccan kid said AA. Lots of kids who had something like 1/8 heritage in Spain or Portugal said Hispanic.

The South African and Moroccan ticked the correct box.
I don’t think most people lie about their race. If the % of accepted minority is unusually high I’m sure colleges would randomly select some applicants for verification.

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You can be Hispanic without a Spanish speaking house hold. It’s an ethnicity. My mom (straight from SA) married an American man and they chose not to speak Spanish at home since he didn’t speak it. Stupid decision for us but still.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 on the stupid part

So paper documents, easily forged. Got it.

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Anonymous wrote:+1 on the stupid part

So paper documents, easily forged. Got it.

DP. You doubled down on the stupid. It’s an easily verified number which you enter in the common app.

Two minutes of googling would have saved you the embarrassment you should feel now.

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect many of the Hispanic check

Yes

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I knew a lot of people personally who did. One kid of white South Africans said AA. One half Moroccan kid said AA. Lots of kids who had something like 1/8 heritage in Spain or Portugal said Hispanic.

The Moroccan kid and South African kid ARE African-American. They are not, however, black. If the school wanted to know if they were black, they should have asked that. And the 1/8 heritage kid from Spain IS Hispanic. If the school wanted to know if their ancestry is from Latin America, they should ask that. The person with Portuguese heritage should not be checking off Hispanic as people from Portugal speak Portuguese not Spanish, and are, therefore, not Hispanic.

1/8 Spanish ancestry does not make one Hispanic if they and their parents are a mix of many other non Hispanic ethnic groups and have been living in the US for the past 100 years. No. Do they have a Spanish speaking household? Then no.

According to who???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:30 years ago my friend got into Berkeley’s law school as a Native American. She had to prove it though, as did everyone who checked that particular box. You also wouldn’t have known she was NA just looking at her.

Pre-dna technology- how exactly was she able to do that 30 years ago? A letter written by Chief Bighorn ?

Little Bighorn was a place you ignorant POS.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:+1 on the stupid part

So paper documents, easily forged. Got it.

DP. You doubled down on the stupid. It’s an easily verified number which you enter in the common app.

Two minutes of googling would have saved you the embarrassment you should feel now.

+1 must be a teenager. Hoping no parent is this stupid.