34% of White College Students Lied about their Race to Improve Chances of Admission, Financial Aid Benefits

Intelligent ^ | 2021

[karpov]

Every year, aspiring college students complete admissions applications, with the hopes that their grades, extracurriculars, and recommendations will lift them above the pack, and earn them acceptance at the school of their choice.

However, some college applicants are misrepresenting their race in an effort to use their desired school’s diversity efforts to gain admission, or obtain more financial aid.

Intelligent.com asked 1,250 white college applicants ages 16 and older if they lied on their application by indicating they were a racial minority.

The survey found that 34% of white Americans who’ve applied to college falsely claimed on their applications they’re a racial minority.

The number one reason why applicants faked minority status is to improve their chances of getting accepted (81%). Fifty percent also lied to benefit from minority-focused financial aid.

Men are three times as likely than women to lie about their race on a college application. Forty-eight percent of male respondents claimed to be a minority on their college application, compared to just 16% of female applicants.

Lying also varies by age groups, with 43% of people 35-44 years old, and 41% of 16-24 year-olds admitting to faking a racial minority status when applying to college.

Those rates are lower for 25-34 year-olds (31%); 45-54 year-olds (28%), and people 54 and older (13%).

Nearly half of all respondents who lied about their minority status (48%) identified themselves as Native American on their applications.

Thirteen percent claimed to be Latino, 10% claimed to be Black, and 9% claimed to be Asian or Pacific Islander.

Twice as many men as women claimed Native American heritage on their applications (54% compared to 24%). Meanwhile, one in four women (24%) claimed to be Latino. Women are also more than twice as likely as men to pretend to be Black.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Define "White".

[philled]

I was recently going through my mothers files and found an old genealogy report of her father’s side. One son of something like her 11th grand was noted as “killed by Indians” in the 1680s in what would become MA. I’m guessing that was a brutal and messy event. Wouldn’t the Warren standard count this as having some blood connection?

[zeugma]

They aren’t lying. They just identify as a ‘minority’.

[Oatka]

If that was their choice it sounds like they were opting for a nonstandard definition of “Native American”: native-born American.

There was a story a while back about the Caucasian college applicant who told the admissions guy that he was a "Native American".

The admissions guy looked at him suspiciously and asked "What tribe?"

The kid said "SoSueMe".

He was accepted.

[Albion Wilde]

If that was their choice it sounds like they were opting for a nonstandard definition of “Native American”: native-born American.

Agree.

[Albion Wilde]

This British comedic actor, Richard Ayoade, born in London, is the son of a Nigerian father and a Norwegian mother. (He's also a really funny actor.)

[Albion Wilde]

you'll never end discrimination by discriminating.

We are so screwed. Thie guy on the bottom (below) is a pillar of the CRT juggernaut:

[CheshireTheCat]

My S.O. is Sicilian and could pass for North African, Syrian, Indian, Peruvian, or any number of things.

I’ve told him he should just check the box the next time he applies for a job.