<p>Well of course there aren’t any first generation students where you live Devilman, you are from Bergen County, haha.</p>
<p>Haha that is very true 
pretty expensive living here lol im just ****ed that i got denied as a legacy so if i sound like a complete @$$ try to ignore it =p</p>
<p>Don’t even tell me to stop “whining” about affirmative action. When the system is fair and just, I’ll stop whining.</p>
<p>I get mad about affirmative action when I know a Hispanic kid from my school with a 1200 and a 3.4 who got into UVA, when I have a 1200, many more IB classes, and a 3.9 and I was rejected. He is in no way disadvantaged in his life because of his race. He is not living in the ghetto. He lives in a bigger house than I do.</p>
<p>Race should not be a part of the college admissions process AT ALL. Students should be admitted solely based on whether or not they are qualified for that school.</p>
<p>Again, AA benefits for the most part African-American students and not Hispanics. Look at the other thread for concrete evidence. There’s this misconception that all URMs are treated equally, and this is not at all true. I’m sorry to hear about that one kid in your class, I would be mad too. But back in the day, I applied to Duke and I was a valedictorian, had a 1340 and I speak four languages and yet I was waitlisted while other less qualified African-Americans not only got in but had full rides.</p>
<p>It really does sound like whining, and honestly I get tired of it, it’s been going on for so long, if you want to vent your frustration do it where it doesn’t take up space, like go cry in a pillow or something, IDK! (Although, your post helped alot 
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<p>So how would a college in fact, verify an applicant’s claim to be Hispanic? I think it would unacceptable to question them. You could have a very Irish father with the name O’Henry and a Hispanic mom, and be a red headed-looking Irish lad.<br>
So how do colleges really know? Looks don’t always give it away.</p>
<p>I’m Chilean and my mother’s last name is Wandschneider (my grandparents were German). My father’s last name is Italian (his parents were Italian), so to answer your question, I might not look “Hispanic” (it’s funny how people think of it as a race…), but I happened to have been born in Chile (I’m a Chilean citizen) and so many times “Hispanic” students are either not U.S. citizens, or have lived in their native countries (a very repetitive essay topic), or do have commonly “Hispanic” last names. You could make the same argument for someone who claims to be African-American (I had a friend at UVA whose parents were South Africans…he was of Dutch descent, however, he put down he was “African-American”).</p>
<p>I’m Dominican and I have to said that some of you think that we hispanics get this unfair boost but Admissions can really treat us (at least the ones living abroad) the same way as you. For example I have 3.6 GPA and the higher GPA on my school is 3.7 (I’m rank #5 senior at my school). So clearly on the US it is much more easy to say that you have 4.0 or even greater GPA because you have a different educational system.
I got in by the way.</p>
<p>I can’t wait to meet Jumpseat. It will be a sheer pleasure.</p>
<p>UVA is a much richer place because it strives for diversity. Do you want to go to a school where everyone is a white legacy from expensive suburbs? Sounds pretty bad to me.</p>
<p>^exactly, yes we can, yes, you can!</p>