Marked North African

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>My dad is from a country in North Africa and would probably be considered olive skinned.</p>

<p>So when I got to the question on the Common App that says "How do you identify yourself?" and couldn't find a section specifically for North African, I chose "Black/African American (Including Africa and the Caribbean)," because of the wording that says "Including Africa." To specify I wrote in "North African." </p>

<p>While I do not consider myself black, I completely consider myself as African. Could colleges rescind my acceptance once they see that I am white and not black, even though I consider myself African and the African American box indicated that it included Africa?</p>

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<p>I’m sure you won’t get rescinded, but check this out; Around post number 9 and 18</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/927219-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-8-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/927219-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-8-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Here is some text I found on the Common App’s website about this:</p>

<p>“If you choose to answer this question, you may provide whatever answer you feel best applies to you or any groups of which you feel you are a part.”</p>

<p>I 100% feel African. I check African news every day and am always looking out for stuff pertaining to Africa. The more I think about it, it would be more of a lie for me to indicate that I consider myself White/Caucasian. </p>

<p>Even still I am worried that I could be rescinded for not having black skin. Do you guys see this as a possibility? Should I maybe email the schools I applied to clarifying this before acceptances/rejections come out?</p>

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<p>Yes but “African” is not the same as black African American.</p>

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<p>Thank you Shrinkrap. I have recently read through a lot of that post and understand that I am considered white by the Goverment’s standards. That is why I’m worried. If I was just point blank asked “According to the United State’s Standards, what ethnicity are you?” I would have begrudgingly said White. The CommonApp though asked “What do you consider yourself?” and I <strong>consider</strong> myself African, and the most relevant section I could find to indicate this was under the African American section just because of the fact that it included Africa.</p>

<p>How do you think this would be viewed by colleges?</p>

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<p>If you feel “African” I wouldn’t worry about it. Most people I know from the continent feel like they are from a country there. Like Nigerian.</p>