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34% of White College Students Lied about their Race to Improve Chances of Admission, Financial Aid Benefits
Intelligent ^ | 2021

Posted on 10/27/2021 5:29:09 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at intelligent.com ...


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To: ThunderSleeps
I'm more NA than that and I've never checked that box. I'm rethinking that, though.
21 posted on 10/27/2021 5:52:03 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: MtnClimber

And if there are they’re dumb as rocks.


22 posted on 10/27/2021 5:55:42 AM PDT by ealgeone
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To: karpov

I was born a poor black child.


23 posted on 10/27/2021 5:57:22 AM PDT by pas
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To: fruser1
Who are they to say what somebody’s race is?

Exactly!

The article completely side-steps the very core question of: HOW CAN YOU TELL THAT THEY ARE "LYING?"

Without invading their privacy and requiring them to submit to a gene test, how could they possibly determine that they are lying?

Also: "Lying" implies a "bad faith" statement. But perhaps the students genuinely believed what they said.

Regards,

24 posted on 10/27/2021 5:59:10 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: karpov

I know 2 brothers whose father is white and mother Filipino. The older marked he was Asian and white; the younger marked Hispanic. The older was the better student by far. The younger got the better college scholarships.


25 posted on 10/27/2021 5:59:52 AM PDT by Betty Jane
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To: karpov
34% of White College Students Lied about their Self-identified as another Race to Improve Chances of Admission, Financial Aid Benefits

The title says it like it is a bad thing, when we should be celebrating their courage... /s

26 posted on 10/27/2021 5:59:56 AM PDT by kosciusko51
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To: karpov

27 posted on 10/27/2021 6:00:46 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Hootowl
Not a smidgen of NA blood. I never checked that box again.

For heaven's sake: WHY NOT?

By not checking the box, you are tacitly supporting a racist system.

Remember when the inhabitants - including crowned heads - of Nazi-occupied Denmark all wore "Yellow Stars" after the Nazis demanded that Jews wear them?

Regards,

28 posted on 10/27/2021 6:01:34 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: ThunderSleeps

We have a Norwegian engineering professor who is head of the Latino faculty. His mother is from Latin America


29 posted on 10/27/2021 6:02:47 AM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston? )
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To: mewzilla

Scientifically speaking, there is no such thing as race.

True. It was basically “invented”. One could just as well try to group people by height, eye color, or having attached or detached earlobes.


30 posted on 10/27/2021 6:04:36 AM PDT by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: Flick Lives

According to Rachel Dolezal and Shaun “talcum x” King, it’s ok if you’re on the leftie side of the spectrum only. Notice we’ve not seen those two winners spouting off their race BS in quite a while….


31 posted on 10/27/2021 6:09:37 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!! )
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To: karpov

They didn’t lie. It is “settled law” in the U.S. that you can identify as whatever the hell you want.


32 posted on 10/27/2021 6:14:40 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("All lies and jest, ‘til a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.")
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To: karpov

I think everyone should lie about it.


33 posted on 10/27/2021 6:16:01 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: karpov

I am long pass college, but I have started filling in “Other” for race in questionnaires.
I do not get anything out of it, I just want to mess up those Critical racists.
I think everybody should do it.
That would put them out of business.


34 posted on 10/27/2021 6:18:10 AM PDT by AZJeep (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0AHGreco RomNQkryIIs)
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To: karpov

If they were born on US soil, they are, in fact, native Americans. That would not be lying.


35 posted on 10/27/2021 6:24:42 AM PDT by Jemian (War Eagle! It is STILL great to be an Auburn Tiger.)
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To: chajin
The Marxists should celebrate this. These "white" folks are just self-identifying as black, brown, POC, etc.
Males can go into female bathrooms as long as they self-identify as trans, female, PBTQXYZ etc.
Why is the author surprised or upset with this? Wasn't this the goal?
36 posted on 10/27/2021 6:25:28 AM PDT by TxAg1981
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To: Hootowl

I SHOULD have always checked the Native American box in the days before DNA testing. Based on an uncle’s stories, I always thought I was 1/16th Cherokee. (DNA shows 100% UK origin.). I bet a lot of people heard similar stories.
No telling how many schools I could have gotten accepted to.


37 posted on 10/27/2021 6:28:48 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: karpov

I have been working as hispanic for quite some time.

Only a fool plays a rigged game by the rules.


38 posted on 10/27/2021 6:29:01 AM PDT by WMarshal ("Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither.")
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To: karpov

High cheekbones? Check!
Family lore? Check!


39 posted on 10/27/2021 6:34:38 AM PDT by silverleaf (“Freedom ultimately means the right of other people to do things that you disagree with”. T. Sowell )
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