<p>Checking african-american and white was the right thing to do. She is being as honest as possible with the adcoms. She is white and she is by virtue of the term “African-American,” African-American. If there is a technical ruling somewhere that states that South Africans cannot consider themselves African-Americans and a college finds out about her, I don’t think it would have any negative impact on admissions, I think that they would consider it to be confusion.</p>
<p>glassesarechic:</p>
<p>I think a Latino can also be of any race. I think it’s the customs of a Latin-american country that would define you as a Latino. Hey, I’m Mexican, and I sometimes find it curious when people in the U.S. tell me I “don’t look Mexican.” Mexico is a country, and there are people of many races and all skin colors there: black, white, yellow, brown, and red (although red skin is mostly shown by White tourists that stayed in the sun for too long.)</p>
<p>Saying that someone doesn’t look Mexican is like saying that someone doesn’t look American. What’s an American supposed to look like?</p>
<p>The point I made earlier is actually congruent with yours: that racial or ethnic backgrounds aren’t always physically apparent.</p>
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<p>No matter who is right or wrong, it doesn’t concern you. Her getting in will not actually affect you in any way. Don’t worry about it. Good luck getting in.</p>
<p>yes it will. We go to the same school and they first decide who gets in per school. </p>
<p>If she put AA but has a sub 2000 sat score, is it even possilbe to get into ivies?
(and a sub 3.7 gpa)</p>
<p>PS-this girl told me all this, I didn’t just ASK her…I</p>
<p>“College applications ask you to identify yourself, not for others to identify you.”</p>
<p>glassesarechic, that is a very acute observation. I seem to remember that is exactly the wording: “do you identify yourself.”</p>
<p>But, in that case, I could say that I identify myself with American Indians, simply because my grandmother on my father’s side was a Cora Indian, an Amerindian tribe that occupied territory in Mexico. And an Amerindian tribe is not the same as an American Indian, that is, a tribe of Indians that occupied a territory within the United States of America.</p>
<p>so funny that people are bibiszdhiusdadougfs dugsdg sdg over race</p>
<p>Oh, and derfred, I agree with you. But if you call the admissions office and complain it might not put you in a very good light either, and to do it anonymously is cowardly; if I did something like that I would loose my self-respect. Hmmm… what someone said about complaining to your high school counselor is a compromise I think I could live with.</p>
<p>Have you considered that if the girl told you this herself it might mean that she considers you a friend, and that to act on the information might constitute a betrayal of someone’s confidence? Just saying…</p>
<p>Firebat:</p>
<p>I agree. Race to me is inconsequential-only AA and its abuse makes it an issue worth discussing. Better to do away with AA and make race totally irrelevant.</p>
<p>Race should not play a role in college admissions, but whether people like it or not, it does.</p>