<p>i was just wondering, since collegeboard is now counting "two or more races" as a separate category on their site, how do you think this will change things? will biracial students also be coveted to increase diversity, or will that not matter? what do you guys think of this new category? i'm excited about it since, being biracial, i like finally having a category that fits me, but i'm very curious as to what it might mean in terms of affirmative action and such. what do you think of this change?</p>
<p>I am curious as well.</p>
<p>I hope that this category gets used more, as many biracial/multiracial people do not feel that either/any of their races identify with them, and that they don’t really identify with either/any race. This is definitely the case in my family.</p>
<p>^exactly! i’m so glad that there’s finally an option for us, since i identify with both/neither races which always makes it really tough to pick a category (when they make me pick 1, i always pick “other”, which fits me even less :().</p>
<p>I’m multi racial. I think with a biracial Prez, colleges may grab the biracial students.</p>
<p>I think they are going to view them as bi-racial applicants. Its very complicated you see.</p>
<p>rahuja, i’m mainly wondering how it might work with affirmative action, for example if someone is part black or hispanic but identifies as that *and *something else, do you think that would be the same “hook” as someone who is fully black or hispanic, or do you think they’ll be in a separate, irrelevant category or multiracial? (i have a feeling that no one actually knows since this development is fairly new, but i’m just curious and wondering what others think of this)</p>
<p>I’m multiracial and I’m really curious as to how colleges view bi/multiracial applicants. My parents have always made me check off “black” since I look like a high-yellow black person; they thought picking “other” was a bit weird, lol. I don’t really identify with one race, though. Maybe colleges are looking to have more bi/multiracial students? It’s hard to say.</p>
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<p>It depends on the race. Half-black is still considered as URM. D1’s friends got accepted to everywhere as a biracial(half-black & half-european).</p>
<p>I think it is considered similar to URM depending on the race/ethnicity. You rarely see schools report their bi-racial ethnicity percentages though. Some schools do—you can see it in the common data set.</p>