<p>I accidentally put a different race when I filled out my college app. I meant to put other, but somehow another category was checked when I was doing it on my computer. It is too late to change it. Will the college reject me if they find out?</p>
<p>I would probably send something to them. If they see it doesn't match up it will probably look really bad and I'm pretty sure race isn't something you should mess up.</p>
<p>does anyone have experience with this type of issue. will they think that I am lying or something.</p>
<p>You're not screwed if you notify them. There is a semi-recent thread on race and it seemed to be a pretty hot issue if you "lied" about race..which you didn't you just made a mistake.</p>
<p>i mean potentially one of my parents could have a last name that is the same as mine for example, but they could be half of another race.</p>
<p>It depends on what you report to your school, standardized testing, maybe FA stuff, and other places that may have a self reported race. Some colleges may choose to pursue to verify your application with your school or other places very heavily and you would not want to risk that. It's only "wrong" if you have put down a different race for these other places.</p>