<p>I read somewhere on this forum that adcoms don't see your ethinicity on your application. Is this true.</p>
<p>not if you say decline to state.</p>
<p>you can even say you're black if you want. they won't care/check.</p>
<p>(i apologize if youre already black)</p>
<p>even if you state it on your application they wont see it because of the law passed in 1996(or 98) that is against affirmative action. The section that says race is blocked.</p>
<p>in the past, i don't think they looked at ethnicity (hence the low % of admitted minorities), but with the whole holistic admissions crap, they probably will.</p>
<p>yeah holistic admissions does in fact=affirmative action.</p>
<p>the fact that UCLA only had 96 black students enter as freshmen this year ****ed off all sorts of minority rights groups.</p>
<p>when did ucla say they are doing a "holistic admissions"? and they cant go against the law people!</p>
<p>UCLA announced its holistic admissions late last year.</p>
<p>and actually, yes, they can go against the law. all they have to do is reword their policy to take advantage of the loopholes in the education code.</p>
<p>That's why I put declined to state on my app (I'm white)... Not that it will really do me any good, since obviously if you're a minority you'd want to take advantage of it (and I don't mean that in a derogatory way, I'd take advantage of it too!)</p>
<p>Although holistic, how HOLISTIC can it be? I mean, it's still UCLA.</p>