<p>Honestly now, imagine on the app part where it asks about ethnicity you put african-american, and the accept you. Then when you show up at Princeton they see that you're white to the bone. Whould they kick you out? Even if you made up this ridiculous lie that your great-great uncle's great-great grandfather was african-american? </p>
<p>I'm just bored.</p>
<p>lol i never heard of anyone lying about their race.</p>
<p>what are other ppl's thoughts on this?</p>
<p>i think that if someone lied about something like that they are disgrace to mankind and besides, should interviews take care of this problem?</p>
<p>I doubt that they would find out...
In a lot of places (not college apps though because it's all Asian anyway), I put my ethnicity as Bangladeshi because, traditionally, isn't everyone supposed to go by paternal lineage?
And obviously, I don't look Bangladeshi at all.</p>
<p>And I doubt anyone would remember =P</p>
<p>I guess we all missed our opportunity.
How do they check things like that anyway?</p>
<p>i dont think someone who does that is a disgrace to mankind...</p>
<p>hmmm well with some schools the interviewer probably gets to see your app and might notice the difference. but i guess they couldn't really do anything about it. some people with an african american parent look white... oh but maybe they have access to info about you from the college board or something.... ?</p>
<p>lol maybe not a disgrace to mankind, but that would definitely give them an unfair advantage, possibly making them get accepted over someone else</p>
<p>i think in judiasm it goes via maternal lineage...if a child has a jewish mother than she is considered jewish and if a jewish father and not mother than not...i might be wrong tho- thats what my mom always told me</p>
<p>But what ground would they have for not accepting you if you did that? You could just say it was an accident, and what, are they going to admit that if they had known you were white they wouldntve accepted you?</p>
<p>this is how i reasoned it...a person that does that is saying that his or her own race isn't good enough -that he most lie about it to get into a good college- which i don't think is a positive trait in someone-maybe i am being too judgemental about it tho</p>
<p>good point ernie if they did you sue them</p>
<p>No, they just kick you out for falsifying info, accident or not.
If UC's can kickban people three weeks after the semester has started because they got D's during their senior year, I'm sure that Princeton can rescind an offer of admission as soon as they find out that you blatantly lied on your app.</p>
<p>yeah good point Ernie haha.</p>
<p>yes, but they claim that your race wont affect your decision... so technically it shouldnt make any difference.</p>
<p>grades, on the other hand, obviously affect your decision. So that is why they can away their offer based on grades.</p>
<p>affect... effect? i think it is effect....</p>
<p>I think you were right the first time: "affect"</p>
<p>remember, affirmative action has actually made it legal to discriminate based on race…</p>
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<p>Affirmative action is illegal.</p>
<p>I remember a story about a guy, a naturalized South African, who applied to Vanderbilt and checked off the “African-American” box. He was accepted and received some sort of merit scholarship, but when they found out he was white, his scholarship was terminated. I don’t believe he was kicked out though.</p>