<p>I'm Native American and I remember hearing that colleges will be more likely to accept you if you are Native American, is this true?</p>
<p>Nonprofit colleges, with some notable exceptions that I won’t get into, have at least two reasons to encourage the education of all members of the society. One is that they seek to serve the greater good, that is the good of the greatest number of people. All members of the society benefit when any one member benefits. </p>
<p>Two is that each member of the college community benefits when he or she has a chance to interact with people with experiences different from his or her own. Diversity in the college population enriches each of us because it grows our understanding of the human experience.</p>
<p>Colleges therefore are interested in creating a year class with as much diversity as they can manage. One kind of diversity is race or heritage. So, yes, colleges will be interested in including Native Americans in any year class.</p>
<p>johnnybjr, it is true, assuming you are qualified in the first place. If you have good grades (mostly As), take difficult classes (a fair share of APs) and have strong test scores (700+ in most SAT and SAT II sections), as a Native American, your chances of admission into most good universities are good. Just make sure you have good essays and solid ECs.</p>
<p>Yes, but it depends on what colleges you’re applying to and what your stats (GPA/SAT or ACT scores) are. The more selective the schools, the more interested they’ll be, but the more your grades need to be good.
Where would you be applying?
And are you certified as a member of a tribe?</p>