<p>Yes, GoBlue81, the analysis Tom is posting (TWICE, now, at least) is really not a good way to measure what Prop 2 changed. I addressed that in the U-M thread.</p>
<p>The reality is, a lot of colleges practice racism (as it’s being defined here) and sexism and classism. They discriminate on your intelligence, at least as far as they can measure it, and on your ability to earn high school grades and take standardized tests. They also discriminate on athletic ability, geography, parents’ alumni status, even the major you think you want to choose. Some of them discriminate on your ability to play oboe or get elected to student council. </p>
<p>Oh it’s rampant all right.</p>
<p>One way to avoid all this discrimination to go to an open-admissions college. That’s not palatable to a lot of ambitious students. Another option is to make some attempt to understand why they do it. Maybe you could better stomach the actions of higher education institutions if you knew why. Some of the reasons are less noble than others, of course, but in my experience the reasons for giving preferential admission aren’t usually as offensive at their worst critics think. You might still think it’s an awful way to go about admitting people to college, but it’s usually for better reasons than the critics give them credit for.</p>
<p>As for the OP, it’s up to you to share the information or not. I can’t speak for your college of choice, but at my school there are specific funds set aside by the state for native american students, so even excluding the admissions decision (or, that is, after you get in) there might be good reason to share your tribal status at some point.</p>