Lying about ethnicity to get into college??

Applying to College
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<p>My friend who's Caucasian I know says she's going to put down that she's Hispanic even tho she's like 3%or 4 because she wants to get into genseo(college) easier. She said she put it down on her sat and common app that she's Hispanic cause she needs an advantage. Can she do this without getting caught? Doesn't the government track your ethnicity? Her parents are basically Caucasian and so are her grandparents, will she get away with it?</p>

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<p>Wow. </p>

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<p>Ik I am a full minority so I find it offensive that she wouldn do that to get into college eaiser, she doesn’t even look hispanic she looks white and her parents look
Cacuasian as well reminded they don’t know anything about the Hispanic culture </p>

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<p>karma will get your friend.</p>

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<p>Is your aid to help her or dissuade her? It is a pretty dumb thing to do. If they catch a whiff of it she’s out.</p>

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<p>The funny thing is, being Hispanic probably doesn’t even help that much, if at all. Also, this is SUNY-Geneseo? If you need to lie to get in to Geneseo, you’re pretty sad.</p>

<p>One problem is that HS kids really don’t seem to know how things work.</p>

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<p>Some college supplements ask about where you come from/how your cultural background had shaped who you are/etc. These things tend to be a hit or miss. You need to be able to write from the heart. Google’s not enough. She’ll get caught eventually.</p>

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<p>Hispanic can be ANY race, including 100% Caucasian. From US Census:
<a href=“http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf”>http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-02.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>If she has ANY ancestors that come from a hispanic culture, then she is hispanic.</p>

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<p>But I heard for school
Sake you need to be a certain percentage. </p>

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<p>If she’s Hispanic, even 3% to 4%, then there is no reason why she SHOULDN’T put that she’s Hispanic, IF it will increase her chances. I absolutely despise the fact that being certain ethnicities can make it easier to get into college, so why NOT “cheat” the system? It’s technically not even lying. </p>

<p>There are plenty of people who are half-Asian and half-Caucasian and ending up putting that they are Caucasian to be held to a lower standard. </p>

<p>Good for your friend.</p>

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<p>A certain percentage of WHAT? </p>

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<p>I mean I don’t even kno if she’s 2%bher mom says that she’s not even but she goes around telling people she is. Some people told me they can’t just put it down they have to prove it cause then wouldn’t slot of people do that? </p>

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<p>Bear in mind that the CA asks for what ethnicity you IDENTIFY with. You don’t have to prove anything.</p>

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<p>I personally would not feel comfortable doing that because it doesn’t feel ethical, but most colleges do keep track and some have certain programs specifically for reaching out to the minority groups.</p>

<p>See this thread for the implications of lying about ethnicity:
<a href=“Will lying about my ethnicity help? - #7 by prezbucky - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums”>Will lying about my ethnicity help? - #7 by prezbucky - College Search & Selection - College Confidential Forums;

<p>It’s eventually up to him, but your friend is responsible for all the consequences of his actions. If he is partially hispanic than so be it, but lying is a different matter altogether</p>

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<p>I think you need at least 1 Hispanic grandparent to technically qualify. It might help you if there are very few Hispanics applying. Otherwise you better have some stats (academic) to back you up because the days of the very low stats Hispanic student are long over and the competition may be stiffer than in the much larger general pool of applicants.</p>

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<p>^Yeah, I thought that was the general rule. One quarter Hispanic. She may be 100% white racially, but ethnically she still has to be Hispanic. It sounds like she doesn’t even identify with the culture & only wants a leg up. Oh well, Jesus is watching her.</p>

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<p>I know, she is pretends to be a saint and tells me rememwber Jesus when Im DOINGN something “wrong” but she literally should keep that in mind that lying and be extremely dishonest/cheating is straight up bad. </p>

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<p>with age comes wisdom.</p>

<p>don’t worry about them. karma will bite them.</p>

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<p>not worth the risk, not that I see anything morally wrong with cheating a morally wrong system. </p>

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<p>The 25% only comes into play with regards to the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program opportunities. In order to qualify to receive that honor, you must be 25% Hispanic–ergo, one grandparent must be Hispanic. However, for applying to college in general, there’s no specification about how much of a Hispanic background you must have. You can therefore be anywhere from 100% to .1% and still check off the box on the Common App. Regardless, though, telling an intentional lie on an application is inappropriate. </p>