<p>On the day of submission, I filled out my application so quickly that I accidently checked African American instead of Asian. I only realized this after I had submitted, and I did not call for a change because I had expected that I would have been totally rejected.... but now i got accepted and I don't know what to do!</p>
<p>Holy Sh1t…I would recommend shooting them (admissions -maybe just your regional admissions officer) an e-mail. I mean you could take a monumental risk and just keep quiet, but I can see that blowing up in your face in so many horrible ways. Better to just suck it up and tell the truth.</p>
<p>is your name stereotypically asian?</p>
<p>i mean, i don’t know, not that i distrust you, but i can see why they would think something like that wouldn’t be an accident</p>
<p>Write them an e-mail to explain the situation.And remember that at the end of the app you signed an agreement stating that everything you submitted is accurate,factually true etc…so best come clean NOW so they are not inclined to believe you are trying to be fraudulent/deceptive.</p>
<p>If you were to tell them the truth that it was an honest mistake, then what could the consequences be? Is there a rationale for changing your admissions decision ex post facto? I personally don’t think so. If however you purposefully changed it to be deceitful then I could see negative consequences but in your case I don’t. Just be honest and it will all work out for you =) Oh, and congrats on being accepted!</p>
<p>I highly doubt they would respond saying “Oh you’re an Asian and not an African American? Sorry you’re now rejected”</p>
<p>They’d probably just be slightly bothered…for 10 seconds and then move on</p>
<p>What I’d do if I was admissions was just throw you back into the RD pool, saying that because you screwed up it’s only fair that they reevaluate your application all things considered. Although chances are, depending on your last name, they already knew. That’s if you tell them now. You tell them later, or they find out later, and things might get ugly.</p>
<p>Ummm…did anyone else notice that the OP’s screen name is iJoker? I have a feeling this is a facetious post and a back-handed swipe at AA.</p>
<p>I sent stanford admissions an email… And btw, my last name is Song, so idk if it would be obvious or not. i hope they don’t reject me…</p>
<p>If they change your decision, that would prove they are being discriminatory. Then you could sue those *****es, who read my application in five minutes and robbed me of my time and $79.</p>
<p>I find this hard to believe, because 1)Is it even that common or a mistake, and 2) people tend to inflate the benefits of “URM” status on CC, but if it were truly the case, I’d like to know how it goes. </p>
<p>If you were accepted into Stanford even with this mistake, they would be cruel to take that admission decision away. Failing classes, lying about your life biography, or dealing drugs would be a better reason.</p>
<p>It does not seem fair to accept the applicant regardless of this though. Diversity IS considered. What’s to stop all of us from marking Hispanic/AA to give us an extra boost and then claiming it was an accident? The only fair way imo to resolve this would be putting the applicant back in the RD pool. </p>
<p>iJoker…I do sympathize with your case and hope it all works out for the best - let us know how it turns out</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but this definitely sounds false to me. How on earth did you let this happen? You’re supposed to review your entire application very closely before submitting to prevent just this type of thing from happening. I would hope that anyone applying to Stanford would be precise in their review to be honest. Sorry. Hopefully you truly made a mistake and they’ll understand.</p>
<p>actually, now that i think about it…
it’s not just like a 1-click thing.
after you click african-american, i’m pretty sure it asks you to be more specific and select among African, African-American, Black Hispanic, Caribbean, etc.
(at least during our year, ethnicity/race required 2 separate selections)
Did you not notice then?</p>
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Yes it would. But so what? </p>
<p>This happens with athletic recruits (or at least it used to, not sure what the system is now). They are admitted (as an athlete) with the assumption that the coach will offer a scholarship. If the coach does not offer a scholarship, or if the coach doesn’t offer or retracts his offer, the admission offer is retracted and the applicant goes back into the RD pool, where (s)he is judged as a “normal” applicant. </p>
<p>Everyone knows URMs get a preference in admissions. This is nothing new, and this is nothing you would win a lawsuit with the university about.</p>
<p>Or you can stay blissfully ignorant. Odds are they won’t do anything. And if they do, just be like “Oh my god I had no idea. What a horrible mistake!” Haha. Maybe unethical, but it’s Stanford for Christ’s sake.</p>
<p>^ Those were my thoughts exactly when I first read this… </p>
<p>Honestly though, I don’t think I could do that. To go for four years and every day have the possibility of being called to the Honor Committee (or whatever it’s called) and be thrown out…</p>
<p>I’m very curious, ijoker, how is it that you caught this “mistake” so long after submitting your application? Are you saying that you just went back to this application and proofed it from cover-to-cover again?</p>
<p>^Probably when submitting other apps (using the template option so that basic info was copied to the other common app versions).</p>
<p>Isn’t it amazing how the click of one bubble can possibly change if someone gets admitted to a place like Stanford or rejected? It’s crazy to me.</p>