<p>I was wondering. Can you lie about your ethnicity? Since being hispanic or black gives you a MUCH better chance to get in then being asian, can't you fill in the bubble next to another race? Is there anyway they can find out you're lying, besides looking at you? I know they receive a pic. of you, and can see you in the interview. However, there are many caucasion-looking hispanics out there. This is a really interesting topic. I believe. Please share your responses.</p>
<p>isn't it optional on most applications? I don't remember, but you don't ACTUALLY have to put your ethnicity down, do you? it's just that most people choose to do so...</p>
<p>yea, that's true; yet being latino will give you a much better chance then being caucasion or asian. So can't you fill in next to latino? How can they find out you're lying?</p>
<p>School records... and of course, when you go to the school. That's really risky, much more so than, say, adding a couple hours a week to an ec. Even if it doesn't matter much, they won't be happy you lied. Just be honest or choose the 'decline to say' option.</p>
<p>yea, i guess it's not worth the risk</p>
<p>Yeah, it's pretty facile to determine your ethnicity. Seeing as your fingerprints are on your application (assumedly you didn't wear gloves, which would've been sneaky, while you handled your application), all the university must do is trace your fingerprints. From experience, I can assure you that it's ridiculously simple to do; I've traced seventeen and one-fourth fingerprints in my seventeen-year existence.</p>
<p>sure they can get trace your fingerprint, but can they really access the private files held by the gov. for it? Can a private college use my fingerprints to make a background check? I don't think so.</p>
<p>Yes, they can also uncover urine samples, decipher the carrying capacity of your cranium, and determine whether or not a female's hymen is still intact.</p>
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oh no!!!!</p>
<p>hahahahahaha</p>
<p>lol <em>funny</em>**</p>
<p>sometimes, schools even send things asking you to prove that you are whatever ethnicity you claim. i'm native american and put that down on my apps and then i got this letter from cornell asking me to prove it or to say that i wasnt. </p>
<p>also, the college board mixed up my friend's profile and it said that she was hispanic, when she is really white. and so she got a letter from harvard asking her to prove it as well. </p>
<p>in general, its just a bad idea to lie about what you are.</p>
<p>do you people have no morals?</p>
<p>Methinks the lady doth protest too much.</p>
<p>hamlet sucks</p>
<p>A sweet site to check out regarding this issue:
<a href="http://silverchips.mbhs.edu/inside.php?sid=4265%5B/url%5D">http://silverchips.mbhs.edu/inside.php?sid=4265</a>
"With no way for colleges to verify that a student's real race matches the ethnicity recorded on applications, it is relatively easy for white students to lie and claim to be of a minority race, thereby taking advantage of affirmative action..."
I told you all! I"M RIGHT! and you're wrong</p>
<p>"to be, or not to be" a cheat</p>
<p>My transcript has my ethnicity recorded on it. I wouldn't encourage lying; it isn't the best way to "get off on the right foot" with your college.</p>
<p>Our ethnicity is on our transcripts also. I agree. I don't think it's a good way to get into the college of your choice. I could never live the lie. Ya, you're in, but don't you ever wonder if it was ethnicity or your personality, your brains, or your talent that got you into the school of your dreams?</p>
<p>Its not worth the risk. Firstly, because a college can dismiss even if you are accepted and attend, based upon lying on the application. Also, I believe you would attach your ethnicity to your ss# and your css profile and fafsa. Short story short, its just not worth the risk.</p>