<p>my mother is mexican and my father is indian</p>
<p>i want to apply as mexican otherwise it might be tougher</p>
<p>my name is the most indian name possible</p>
<p>does that cancel out the urm application idea?</p>
<p>my middle name is mexican</p>
<p>could i apply as first name indian and middle name mexican to be my last name?</p>
<p>I think you should use the full legal name that matches all your ID’s and records. Changing their order might cause confusion for the college when looking over information from school and test scores. More importantly, it is the honest thing to do. </p>
<p>Use your full names in correct order. The college will see all your names together, regardless. Many applicants are mixed races and cultures. Can you check both on the application?</p>
<p>Definitely agree with Pennylane, it could cause lots of problems if you put a (even slightly) different name on your application. Honesty is always best.</p>
<p>“could i apply as first name indian and middle name mexican to be my last name?”</p>
<p>No, you can’t. At some point or another you will be required to release your last name before being admitted in order to match materials like test scores, your transcript, etc. etc. Lying about your name will just cause confusion and embarrassment. Be honest. Regardless of your name you can still select that you are Mexican on your application. As long as you truly are part Mexican you shouldn’t have any fear of colleges questioning it.</p>
<p>This is something I am going through. My name is Indian because my grandpa was Indian. I am actually from the Trinidad. I only put black because I don’t consider myself Indian. I had an interview with a Harvard admission officer and she asked me about it. Do you think she doubts me and do you think she will reject me just because she thinks I am lying?</p>
<p>Black = “had ancestors who were native to sub-Saharan Africa.” Black =/= “don’t consider myself to be of the same ethnic background as my ancestors.”</p>
<p>ignoring the name change thing, will it discount me from being considered a urm?</p>
<p>Why does OP have to chose mixed race? Isn’t “Hispanic” of ANY race?</p>
<p>Did you even read my post? I am only Indian from my grandfather’s side. The rest of my family is from the Trinidad and Tobago. I don’t identify myself with my grandfather’s race id the rest of my family is from the Trinidad. Only an ultra conservative, misogynistic patriarch would do that.</p>
<p>hispanic is an ethnicity, so you can put other as your race and hispanic as your ethnicity.
you should put your real name.</p>
<p>OP, please be civil. You are asking for advise and although you may not like the advise given, this does not give you clearance to be rude. Your post sounds like you want to use URM status (changing you name to hide your last name) to gain an edge. Just be honest.</p>
<p>If you are truly hispanic and you put hispanic, you will be fine. I read that you put you were black though… How is that? Hispanic + Indian =/= Black. Maybe I’m wrong though.</p>
<p>Am I missing something? I personally never saw the OP being rude. Maybe he/she was but I never saw it. A clarification would help :).</p>
<p>Also (s)he isn’t Black/African American. (S)he said that she was half Indian half Mexican.</p>
<p>Oops. I mistook IWillKillForMIT for the thread starter. My bad!</p>
<p>i think the other person and i were mixed up. haha</p>
<p>i just want to know whether my name cancels out my urm</p>
<p>that’s all</p>
<p>i’m actually mexican and actually indian</p>
<p>My son is a Mexican-american URm. Because of his test scores, he’s been told, it really doesn’t make that much of a difference.</p>
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