Any Reason To State Ethnicity?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>Okay, I'm white. I'll admit it. (stupid German-French-English mix. ARGGGH!!!!!!!!!!)</p>

<p>However, will anyone care if I put "I prefer not to respond" on my applications? Because, I'd rather not respond. Some people think I look Hispanic, even though I'm not, and I wish I was african-american. This might add some mystery to who I really am and accurately characterize my accepting, diverse, multicultural personality.</p>

<p>Thoughts?</p>

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<p>No, no one will care. Although,</p>

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<p>I’m not sure if your diverse multicultural background will be automatically recognized either ;)</p>

<p>Related thread:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/441477-fastest-growing-ethnic-category-great-colleges-race-unknown.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/441477-fastest-growing-ethnic-category-great-colleges-race-unknown.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Thanks for the link!!!</p>

<p>Useful stuff. I’m putting “unknown” for sure now, because my last name sounds exremely hispanic.</p>

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<p>im curious, what your last name if you dont mind? lol</p>

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<p>I’ll PM it to ya.</p>

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<p>Haha you’re lucky my name is most certainly Polish. lol I’ve got the Polish/German/English thing going on. But I mean I’m really European and I think I should get some credit for that. My mom was born in England jeesh. lol </p>

<p>And yeah if I was you I would just let them guess. ;)</p>

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<p>Yeah, if you don’t want to state it, don’t. It’s perfectly fine not to. Maybe they will mistake you for Hispanic, but probably it won’t make a difference.</p>