<p>A theroetical question (I'm not going to do it, just curious):</p>
<p>If you were a white person, and lied on you app and said you were hispanic or native american ... would anyone find out? Do college even remember what race you checked for your application after you've been admitted? If a college found out that you lied about your race after you had been admitted, would you be rejected?</p>
<p>Also, how much of an URM do you have to have in you to be qualified for that status? I know people with blonde hair and blue eyes who claim to be registered as "Native American" ... so, just curious.</p>
<p>Or, what if: You were adopted into an upper-middle class white family and have no idea of your biological mom and dad's lineage. People have told you that you look "Native American", or "Hispanic." Is that grounds to mark Native American or Hispanic on your application?</p>
<p>Well, I guess you'd want to do it to get an edge (a biig edge if you put Native American, apparently) for your college apps. What I'm curious about is if the college would ever find out.</p>
<p>Another thing ... if the colleges did challenge you on your ethnicity, how could they prove you are lying? If you say you're 1/4 hispanic, there's not much they could do to dispute you other than get a different answer from your parents or demand a family tree.</p>
<p>they call and ask for a tribal affiliation number, and often ask you to explain your dedication (if any) to a certain tribe. If you are a native american, but not very dedicated, and it will not work greatly to your advantage. if you have nothing to do with native americans, it will probably work to your disadvantage when they call you up.</p>
<p>Dude seriously u have low morals, and if u got caught u would get kicked out of college, and then blackballed from every single one in the nation except maybe state schools and community colleges</p>
<p>eh....i'm half asian with the other half being mostly white with several other races mixed in....i just usually choose between asian and multiracial, just whichever one i want to choose at that time....dunno if that's wrong or not though,</p>
<p>BrassMonkey is right
This girl in Texas used to babysit my teacher's kids, and she was very distantly native american (blonde hair, blue eyes), but she had the papers to prove it, and colleges accepted that and she even got a Native American scholarship
so bounce you're right that it gives you a "biig edge" but should u lie? no. it doesn't really help unless you have proof. sure they might not ask for proof but if they did, then you'd really want to have it to avoid getting your possible acceptance turned into a rejection</p>
<p>Native Americans require Tribal Registration, I know that. </p>
<p>And if you're applying to highly selective schools (Tier 1), colleges send records BACK to your high school telling which applicants they accepted. Believe me, SOMEONE will write a nasty e-mail to the school if they believe you don't belong there.</p>
<p>Y'all make good points. I ask because I know for a fact of someone who is blonde haired and blue eyed that is lying on her application for Stanford and saying she is "hispanic" ... so ... we'll see how that goes for her.</p>
<p>Bounce: Send an e-mail to Stanford or call them and rat the ***** out. If she gets in over somebody else, I would feel really guilty if I didn't. Plus it serves her right for lying. They will take what you say with a grain of salt, but they will definately look into it and make a note on her application.</p>
<p>Also: To whoever said that there's a difference between "Race" and "Ethnicity", there isn't. Ethnicity is the PC term for race. I think you're thinking about nationality, but that doesn't matter here either. If she's not at least 1/4 hispanic, it's a lie.</p>
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<p>that way, you don't totally destroy her chances (although if she has a chance of getting in as a white person i don't see why she would risk lying)</p>
<p>^they're right about her getting in in someone's place^</p>
<p>"Also: To whoever said that there's a difference between "Race" and "Ethnicity", there isn't. Ethnicity is the PC term for race. I think you're thinking about nationality, "</p>
<p>From the Census dept.:
"In accordance with the Office of Management and Budget definition of ethnicity, the Census Bureau provides data for the basic categories in the OMB standards: Hispanic or Latino and Not Hispanic or Latino. In general, the Census Bureau defines ethnicity or origin as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person 's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race."</p>