<p>You are right. You can’t put down African American. However, in an additional information you should inform them of being Palestinian. You will bring a viewpoint to campus that will add to cultural diversity and enrich classroom and informal discussions.</p>
<p>well, i don’t think you are allowed to put African American as your ethnicity if you are not actually black. THink a white person from South Africa.</p>
<p>Agree with the above. The question is how you self-identify, which does not sound confusing to you without the admissions boost.
I cannot understand what your uncle has to do with the question.</p>
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<p>We are all entitled to our own opinions, but we aren’t entitled to our own facts. For the federally specified ethnic questionnaire forms, you are “white,” period. Your counselor is flat wrong and should look up the first few posts of this FAQ thread. You could, of course, mark nothing at all, which is your legal right. </p>
<p>Current guesswork (this IS only opinion, not necessarily fact) suggests that colleges will consider Palestinian applicants to be a diversity-adding kind of applicant, so if you have Palestinian heritage and connection to Palestinian territory, that might be a good thing to mention on your application. But there are no guarantees about how much difference, if any, that will make in your application. </p>
<p>Good luck in your applications.</p>
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Like I have said over and over again, society is still subconsciously in favor of racial segregation. I wouldn’t call it racism, but race is the way society has learned to perceive people, and enforcing racial AA certainly will only further limit the way society and, hence, mankind progresses towards judging men not by race but by character.</p>
<p>So yes, these applicants might be more interested in attending a racially diverse environment, which they’ve learned from society to strictly associate with better and progressive (when it couldn’t be further from reality).</p>
<p>hmom5, you may be right. But the face still remains that they wouldn’t be obligated to publish the applicant’s race on their website/brochure because the applicant neglected to ascertain it, and as I’m hoping, Asians aren’t receiving admissions disadvantages because adcoms literally are biased against Asians (but rather because they want to make their school look better with a racially “diverse” profile), which is why I think leaving the race box blank might be a good idea for Asian applicants.</p>
<p>“Like I have said over and over again, society is still subconsciously in favor of racial segregation.”</p>
<p>What is the significance that you have said it over and over again? Will we eventually believe it?</p>
<p>Hey guys,</p>
<p>Have we ever reached a consensus on how much being Spanish really helps you in the admissions process. As they are now deemed hispanic for admissions purposes, I am confused as to how they will now be treated by colleges…particularly HYPS. What do you guys think about it?</p>
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<p>There’s no actual controversy. Spaniards are not considered Hispanics, as the definition is fairly narrow and clear cut. Now, some - such as myself - think that the definition is inane, but that is a different matter altogether. To reiterate, Spaniards are not Hispanic under the definition offered by our federal government.</p>
<p>You sure? I thought the common app now lets spaniards register as hispanics when they apply to colleges. I have a friend who is doing this.</p>
<p>Huh, well I’ll be. tokenadult’s opening post actually shows that in 2009-2010, Spaniards are allowed to check the Hispanic box as it says “Yes, Hispanic or Latino (including Spain).”</p>
<p>My apology.</p>
<p>The new thread is posted now </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1366406-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-10-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1366406-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-10-a.html</a> </p>
<p>so this thread is closed. Good luck to all of you applying this year.</p>