How often do you think applicants lie about their race?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There was no common app 30 years ago, Dummy.

[Anonymous]

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.

The category is Hispanic or Latino. Most Brazilians would identify as this, despite speaking Portuguese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There was no common app 30 years ago, Dummy.

Common app began in 1975. Do you know how to do basic subtraction?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

The category is Hispanic or Latino. Most Brazilians would identify as this, despite speaking Portuguese.

💯 and they are white Brazilians.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There was no common app 30 years ago, Dummy.

Common app began in 1975. Do you know how to do basic subtraction?

There was no internet. Not that easy to verify.

Applications were typed on a manual typewriter 30 years ago and paper copies were used by admin officers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There was no common app 30 years ago, Dummy.

Common app began in 1975. Do you know how to do basic subtraction?

There was no internet. Not that easy to verify.

Applications were typed on a manual typewriter 30 years ago and paper copies were used by admin officers.

No email either. You had to put it in a mailbox.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, my kids are part Asian but pass for white and they certainly won't be checking Asian on their applications.

Maybe eventually the pendulum will swing the other way and more Asians will get in?

[Anonymous]

We cannot control what others do. Anger about perceptions/speculations/judgments does nothing for humanity nor for your child's situation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There was no common app 30 years ago, Dummy.

Common app began in 1975. Do you know how to do basic subtraction?

True. Of course it only involved 15 schools. NP

[Anonymous]

My maternal grandfather was born in Colombia. So I am 1/4 Colombian. My kids are, therefore, 1/8 Colombian?

Does that mean they can claim "Hispanic" on college admissions?

[Anonymous]

I would totally do it but afraid to be outed
Looking for a sure fire way

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My maternal grandfather was born in Colombia. So I am 1/4 Colombian. My kids are, therefore, 1/8 Colombian?

Does that mean they can claim "Hispanic" on college admissions?

Oh and I should clarify, I did not know this maternal grandfather until just recently. My mother was raised by her mother and a stepfather; this man was not in her life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My maternal grandfather was born in Colombia. So I am 1/4 Colombian. My kids are, therefore, 1/8 Colombian?

Does that mean they can claim "Hispanic" on college admissions?

I would do it if I had proof to show in case it’s doubted

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My maternal grandfather was born in Colombia. So I am 1/4 Colombian. My kids are, therefore, 1/8 Colombian?

Does that mean they can claim "Hispanic" on college admissions?

Oh and I should clarify, I did not know this maternal grandfather until just recently. My mother was raised by her mother and a stepfather; this man was not in her life.

Now this is TMI for college admissions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

There was no common app 30 years ago, Dummy.

Common app began in 1975. Do you know how to do basic subtraction?

True. Of course it only involved 15 schools. NP

Asshat above called someone stupid claiming there was no common app in 1993. Pretty simple fact that there was one.