<p>I'm curious on what actually qualifies people as a URM. This year, one person at our school put himself as a hispanic nationality, but he was only 1/16 mexican. He got accepted into Stanford, Harvard, and some others. There was also another person who also got accepted into the top Ivies (even though this person was only 1/8 mexican). Is this legal? If it isn't, should I report this to the adcoms? (There were some people at our school who REALLY deserved to be there but instead got waitlisted/rejected).</p>
<p>I’m not sure what’s legal and what’s not, but it sure isn’t ethical. I wouldn’t tell anyone though.</p>
<p>I’m 1/2 Hispanic and feel apprehensive about selecting it…</p>
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are you one of them?</p>
<p>1/16 mexican, wow… huh, maybe he feels that he really identifies with the culture. though if he only checked “hispanic/latino,” i don’t think he was being completely honest.</p>
<p>but anyway, i doubt that “posing” as a urm was the only thing that got him in. people on cc put way too much precedence on urm status. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>lol, nngmm.</p>
<p>I’m biracial (black/white), and I could not bring myself to put only african american down as my race. That’s not what I am.</p>
<p>It really is a question of ethics, and your 1/16 Mexican friend, unless he lived a life steeped in Mexican culture, didn’t have any.</p>
<p>“one person at our school put himself as a hispanic nationality, but he was only 1/16 mexican.”</p>
<p>That just makes me angry…</p>
<p>percyshelley, couldn’t you just list both your races? Black and white?</p>
<p>Wigwam: Yes, that’s exactly what I’m doing. But I was encouraged by peers (and even adults) to simply put ‘african american’ on my apps. </p>
<p>I think that would be ludicrous. I’m from an upper-middle class family and have gotten a great education. While my race has probably affected me in the form of (regrettably) some social apprehensions (on both my part and on the parts of others), I have not been disadvantaged in any way that warrants a leg up in the admissions process.</p>
<p>People who misrepresent themselves in order to gain an advantage, especially in a situation where most people are being honest, disgust me.</p>
<p>my son is cherokee w/ tribal card. he’s QB and captain of his football team. he’s pretty good although he’s only about 5’9 and on a struggling team. currently he’s ranked 2nd out of 350. we live in oklahoma and he goes to a public school that is about 20% native american with 50% poverty. he only made 24 on his ACT but will take it again. what are his chances to maybe play sprint football and get into an ivy? </p>
<p>thank you for your help, </p>
<p>newbie mom</p>
<p>Is being Mongolian make me an URM?</p>
<p>daisy12, your son needs to score better on the ACT in order to attend a top university. Everything else seems good.</p>
<p>Well, Asian isn’t URM. lol.</p>
<p>I think Native American, Black, and Hispanic. But still, it’s not like the URM status puts you at a huge advantage. (although in the Stanford Acceptance thread it certainly seems so)</p>
<p>But still, the ivies, there doesn’t seem to be very much difference between an accepted white applicant and and accepted URM.</p>