<p>It’s true. If you are of black ancestry and IDENTIFY with caucasian community, you can put white. But that would be to your detriment because everyone knows that colleges are looking for racial diversity and being black or an URM gives you a special boost. </p>
<p>As an example: Obama is 1/2 caucasian, but he IDENTIFIES with being black. He lived in a black community in the south of Chicago, too. </p>
<p>What about Keanu Reeves? Do you think he would check 'Asian?" Probably not. Even though his father is Asian, he was raised by two white parents in a white community. So he would not put 1/2 Asian. He would just check that he IDENTIFIES with being caucasian. </p>
<p>I don’t know who represents the rejected pool. That’s a good question. Probably Asians or Asian Americans. Or other international students who can score 800 on Math and other subjects because they go to school 10-11 months a year including Saturdays their whole lives overseas. By the time they graduate from high school, they have finished up to 600 more days in school in their lifetime than the average American.</p>