<p>I've heard and seen many stories where people who are a minority get into a more highly selective college than people who aren't a minority with the same/better grades. I'm caucasian(Armenian) and on my PSAT's I didn't check any of the ethnicity box's. My first name sounds pretty hispanic and I look really spanish. If I put hispanic on my SAT's and hispanic when I apply to college, is there any way they can actually know I'm lying? Will it actually higher my chances of getting in?</p>
<p>So you plan to start out your College Career with a lie??? I find it pretty disappointing that todays Youth would even consider that it is OK to lie. Just remember what goes around, comes around. You may get into your dream college, but if they find out you lied you could very easily be rescinded. Do you want to take a chance???<br>
Also many schools do no use affirmative action in college admissions, so it would not make much difference. </p>
<p>I am guessing a lot of your friends and family know your ethnic background. All it takes is one slip up (your university starts inviting you to Hispanic student events, you get put up for some kind of scholarship or award for Hispanic students, it is mentioned in an article in a publication on campus, etc.). And if you would lie about this, why not cheat on your SAT or in your classes while you are at it? Don’t do it.</p>
<p>Your acceptance can be rescinded, or your admission revoked, if you are found out, and the lie in your case would be very easy to discover. Do you think that your school’s guidance counselor would be willing to lie on your account? It would just take one unkind rival for admission to the same colleges from your school to make a call to an admissions office, and you would be done. This doesn’t happen often, but it happens frequently enough to make a difference. You’ve heard everyone here advise against it. Somebody in casual conversation will suggest that it’s worth trying. Do you think that it’s worth the risk? I think that your school might be honor-bound to contact all your colleges if they find out about it. The slight boost you might receive would not only be eliminated, but you would not get in anywhere for that year. . . or you could lose all your scholarship offers once acceptances were rescinded. You might get away with it. In that case, you’ll never know whether your application would have stood on its own, and you will spend four years worrying about being found out. Okay, the lecture’s over . . . </p>
<p>Or worse yet, ten years down the road and you become “semi-successful” and some people don’t like you and they know your background. They tell the school you and the school revokes your degree because you lied in your admission. As Gumbymom commented, “what goes around, comes around”. Don’t be stupid.</p>
<p>The problem isn’t the students willingness to lie, the problem is that a lie like this actually may increase your chances of acceptance. </p>
<p>It’s never right to lie.</p>
<p>That said, how much do we blame the player … and how much do we blame the game?</p>
<p>Since most schools do consider race in admissions, this is bound to be seen as an option for some.</p>
<p>That’s disgusting. I hope you do lie and then get caught, quite honestly.</p>
<p>It’s a very easy way to get your acceptance rescinded. When your school sends over documents to whatever school you choose to attend, it’s very possible that they will indicate race/ethnicity. Colleges have other ways of finding out as well. In my opinion, it’s simply not worth the risk.</p>
<p>@ghh900 - I am closing this thread because anyone telling you to lie would be violating the Terms of Service (it is a Federal offense to lie on a form such as the FAFSA) and you are getting the predictable (and correct!!!) advice not to lie anyway. Besides, it might be easier to get caught in this lie than you think. Can you honestly remember how many times you have checked the Caucasian/White box on other forms that might be in your high school file? Guidance counselors fill out forms for these schools that they cross check with your representations. So there are numerous reasons not to lie, not the least of which it is just wrong.</p>