<p>So...I'm African-Native American. And today, I received an email from S. Jean Lee, the Native American Recruitment Coordinator. She sent me an information request that basically asks for my Tribal affiliation and my tribal enrollment number. It's an optional information form, but I was just wondering if anyone else had received this? Should I fill it out? What exactly is it for? I'm assuming it's normal protocol for them...</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>They basically want to make sure you aren’t lying, since as a Native American you have the easiest time getting in.</p>
<p>Have you already applied? If yes, then Yale probably would like you to validate your ethnic heritage. If you have tribal affiliation and a tribal enrollment number, this can provide a huge advantage in your ultimate admission’s decision.</p>
<p>I’m affiliated with the Choctaw tribe, and I’m currently in the process of receiving a tribal enrollment number. It should be about 6 more weeks until I get one.
But I’m really involved with my Choctaw culture (I know how to speak the language, etc.), so I guess I should explain that on the sheet.</p>
<p>Oh how I wish I was Native American… Lolllll</p>
<p>Is there a place on the form for you to include the name and contact information for someone in the tribe who could verify your affiliation, and that you are in the process of getting your paperwork done? If you’re applying EA it may be that you won’t get your number until after the decision process is over, so it might be good for admissions to have a little more information.</p>
<p>Riverrunner hit the nail on the head. Even if you can’t provide a number yet, you should provide more information so that they can contact and verify that you are in the process of being approved and probably will be.</p>
<p>Being a Native-American is a huge boost. I’m glad that Yale is verifying your authenticity. Provide them with the requisite materials and it should help a lot.</p>
<p>This is slightly off topic, but I’m extremely excited to meet Native American students in college and hope I end up somewhere where I can interact with them. I have limited experience with diversity anyway - any kind of diversity really- but I find the Native American culture fascinating (and history miserable).</p>