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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the college wants to boost their stats, it's how you mark the box, not what you write in the essay. They don't go reading each essay when generating their stats. The essay serves a different purpose, also beneficial though.

You need to look at the college. I'm half Asian and half White. I chose the race that worked best for me for each college, based on their stats. For example, Iowa State is 3.5% Asian so it's better to be Asian than white there: https://www.registrar.iastate.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/stats/minority/Fall%202020%20Multicultural%20reports.pdf
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If you lie on a college application, they can kick you out. If you lie on the FAFSA or financial aid documents, it is a Federal offense.  I think there is a lot of bad information being given, and most people either do not know or do not care about the actual rules, but feigning ignorance is not a defense. [/quote]

How is it lying? I'm 50% Asian, and 50% White. Why can't I identify with either of those?[/quote]

You can identify as Native American if that is how you identify. Who is the school to tell you how you identify? They won’t dispute that you identify as the race you put on your application. How could they disprove what a person identifies as?[/quote]

Exactly why schools should require a copy of birth certificates and copies of driver's licenses.  The races on those docs and admissions paperwork bette match.  [/quote]

[b]Most birth certificates do not list race[/b].[/quote]

"Most" is incorrect. And for the ones that don't, there are plenty of government forms since childhood that require "race."  Colleges could require any one of those forms too. [/quote]

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