<p>They say that the race doesn't matter in college admission because you don't have to check the box.
But the people on CC keep complaining there is, and other admission books say so. My question is, HOW CAN THEY CHECK THE RACE?</p>
<p>Most people check their race.</p>
<p>what about the people who dont?</p>
<p>Providing false information on race would be grounds for rescinding admission . . .</p>
<p>“what about the people who don’t?”</p>
<p>Then they don’t benefit.</p>
<p>benefit? from what? If you check yourself as Asian or white, you receive no benefit at all</p>
<p>^ You would if you were to apply to Hispanic-serving colleges or HBCUs…</p>
<p>In many cases, admissions can tell what ethnicity you are by your name…</p>
<p>“Charles Kennedy” would probably be caucasian, for example.</p>
<p>Um, in many cases it woldn’t be.
For example, there’s an Asian student in my class. His last name is Nguyen, which is a Vietnamese last name, yet it turns out that he’s half Hispanic. So last name isn’t always correct</p>
<p>I have a question though. How is it that asians get no “boost.” Asians make up 4% of the U.S population yet in colleges they make up 10-20% of a student body, where as Hispanics(15%) and Blacks (13-15%) Make up 6-10% on average in a student body. I think Asians do get a boost in my opinion.</p>
<p>entertainer, if you look at the SAT percentiles, Asians tend to do better on standardized tests than the other races. However, many students with lower test scores and grades of hispanic or african american descent get into colleges that the high scoring asians do not get into. The boost that Asians seem to receive is from their own merit-- they work hard, do better, deserve elite colleges. The boost that the others receive is based on who their ancestors were. Of course, in certain state schools that are predominantly white, Asians would get a boost as minorities. It’s wrong in any case, imo.</p>