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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]op, please think this through. If your kids have no real cultural affiliation to a tribe, this could backfire badly. What is going to happen when they show up and are invited to join a cultural group and other people realize what they have done? Also, if the admissions committee figures out your game, it may very well hurt your chances of admission. And if they think you are lying, word might get around to other schools.

If you have no real connection to a tribe, please don't do this. It is offensive and will be seen as such if it is ever revealed.
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This is a silly scare tactic.  Students are inundated with club opportunities. If invited and not comfortable, don't join  No one is going to "check you out" like a Gestapo agent confirming ethnicity.  [/quote]

Look, claiming ON PAPER to be an ethnicity that the OP's child has no real connection to is definitely setting the child up for potential problems. The fact is, people who find out about this are going to see it for exactly what it is:  appropriating the status of an extremely disadvantaged group for your own benefit. When and if that comes out, it could be very bad, and the risks outweigh whatever boost she'll get in admissions.  I also think it is likely that the admissions officer would figure it out and ding her for being dishonest.

This all assumes that OP has no real connection to a tribe.  If you do have a real connection and it is part of your and YOUR CHILD'S identity, then go ahead and put it down.  But if you just have one great grandparent you think was Cherokee? Don't.[/quote]

Stop.  You are embarrassing yourself.  The question is ethnicity, not tribal membership.  If someone has Native American heritage they shouldn't hestitate to identify as Native American.  [/quote]

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