Am I considered a URM?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Stanford University
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<p>Ok, so I am 1/8 Mexican and 7/8 Chinese.</p>

<p>My grandmother is 1/2 Mexican, because her mother(my great-grandmother) was full Mexican.</p>

<p>The rest of my family (all of my dad's side, ect) and everyone else is Chinese.
Because my mother's side is Hispanic, I have a Chinese Last name. So should I put that I am a Underrepresented Minority applicant?</p>

<p>Would it be weird if my last name is very Chinese? Would the adcom reps get suspicious? Is it possible for them to request verification?</p>

<p>oh and also, WHERE/HOW would I indicate my bi-racial status on the Stanford application? there's a place for "other" under the category of "hispanic." There is also just an "other" category itself.</p>

<p>thx</p>

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<p>I believe 1/8 only counts for Native Americans.</p>

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<p>If you want, you can report it I guess. I have no idea where.</p>

<p>My first and last name are both Arabic names, but I'm not Arabic.
I guess I could report myself as that too and get away with it, but I don't even know if that's a URM lol</p>

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<p>Damn you for trying to make a mockery of the college admissions process. But seriously, I would probably do the same thing...:)</p>

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<p>so you are trying to show them that you are hispanic? i am 1/4 middle eastern, should i have put that on my application somewhere?? i hate that college applications make is think like this!</p>

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<p>well... i guess technically you are URM....but if you have a chinese name, you are just asking for trouble to try to get URM status. There is a more likely chance they will think you are trying to deceive them than they will give you any sort of boost. definitely not worth the risk</p>