<p>So my family is Indian. My great-grandmother was born in Kenya, and she stayed there until she got married at the age of 15. She passed down a few African traditions, as well she spoke fluent swahili even to my grandparents. However, my grandparents never passed down her traditions to us, and neither did my parents. I know a few words in swahili thats about it. So my great grandmother was born in Africa, stayed there for more than a decade, spoke fluent swahili, was active in their culture, but never passed it down to further generations. I was 14 when she died, so I did have a relationship with her. </p>
<p>No you are full Indian for college, they look towards your 4 grandparents, if they are all Indian then your indian</p>
<p>I believe you would be considered South Asian (Indian).</p>
<p>Descendants of European settlers in Africa, who settle in the US are not considered “African American” for college admissions. You’re in the same situation.</p>
<p>I can’t be the only one who rolled my eyes at this, can I?</p>
<p>No you’re not. If you dig long enough into the CC archives, you’ll find white south African immigrants looking for th AA boost too.</p>
<p>Ancestral nationality only confers arbitrary URM status if it’s s Spanish speaking country or Brazil. </p>
<p>The definition of Under Represented Minority (URM) currently includes US Citizens who are African Americans, Mexican-Americans, Native Americans (American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), Pacific Islanders, and mainland Puerto Ricans.</p>
<p>If you are a US Citizen, you are not considered a URM, but could self-identify as South Asian (Indian). If you are an international student, the URM status does not apply as you are not a US Citizen nor a URM.</p>
<p>If you identify with a nationality, you can claim that identity/status. I have a good friend who spent her early childhood in Zimbabwe – where her parents owned a ranch – before moving back to Europe. She was waitlisted at an Ivy League med school and later accepted. She told me that the school was excited about adding her to the number of African students they could claim for that year. </p>
<p>^^ Yes, but for the purposes of Admissions, your friend was considered an international student.</p>
<p>Intl students dont get counted for URM numbers at colleges. The point of URM status is to provide opportunities to minorities who have been held-back in this country. Counting intls who dont have the history would not achieve the goal.</p>
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<p>I’m sure they were, as it’s great publicity, even though that is exactly not what the general public thinks when they hear the term “African”. Just like Harvard was excited to list Elizabeth Warren as a Native American faculty member, which even if that were true, is so far from what should be the truth to show the utter corruption of the progressive mindset when it comes to race. After all, if we go back a couple hundred thousand yeas, aren’t we all Africans?</p>
<p>Momzie’s example may just mean that the school was happy to have international students from 45 nations, or whatever. It doesn’t mean they counted a white person as a black person.</p>