<p>I went to Tuck</p>
<p>They dont mean over represented minorities like jews and asians do they?</p>
<p>what do you have to do to get into LEAD? Jews and Asians are not exactly related.</p>
<p>wow Revolution. If you’re asking what you have to do. Don’t even bother.</p>
<p>soccerstar
to me, you sound very confused
what is your main objective this upcoming summer?
to attend a biz program?
as both STL and RedLobster stated, LEAD is not the ONLY program out there
I would read their posts again, carefully
also, please do not discourage other potential applicants</p>
<p>Revolution, don’t let soccerstar discourage you. That statement shows that she is completely stupid. Before I applied, I didn’t know what I needed to do to get in, so I asked someone. Everyone has to get their knowledge from somewhere.
Anyways, I would guess that both of you two are freshmen(correct me if i am wrong) and if you are then there is nothing wrong with asking how to get in. </p>
<p>Revolution, please disregard that ignorant statement of soccerstar. I encourage you to look into LEAD. It is a great program, very fun, and definitely worth the money.</p>
<p>Soccerstar, don’t even apply to LEAD. I do not believe that your attitude would be a positive contribution to a LEAD Program. If you already know everything, then you don’t need LEAD.</p>
<p>I don’t know everything. Revolution and I, seem to fight on every thread. And no, I don’t always instigate it.</p>
<p>Jews and asians are both minorities that are vastly overrepresented in top level colleges, so are usually victim to reverse affirmative action. I was wondering if LEAD considers them the type of minorities they are looking for.</p>
<p>Thank you, hot pocket.</p>
<p>and you instigated it in the first place.</p>
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<p>Asians definitely go to LEAD. I know of quite a few. Jews on the other hand, I don’t personally know of any Jews that went to lead; however, I don’t know that many Jews in general. I would say that Jews definitely can go but I wouldn’t say that they are in the target minority.</p>
<p>Also, judaism is a religion. So you would not put your ethnic background as Jew on the application. I don’t remember them having an option to indicate your religion. On the application these are the options:</p>
<p>African American
Asian American/ Pacific Islander Specify:_____
Caucasian
Cuban
Dominican
Mexican American/Chicano
Puerto Rican
Other Latino Specify:_______
Bi-Racial Specify:_____
Native American tribe:_______ Tribal Registration #:_______
Other Specify:_______</p>
<p>Well what do they think about asians then? Its the same concept.</p>
<p>It’s not the same concept. Asian isn’t a religion, judaism is. On the application it shows a check box thingy for asian american.</p>
<p>So, do they count asians as minorities?</p>
<p>Yes. But don’t worry about your minority status. Worry about your stats. That is more important. A black person with 2.5 and 130 psat would get rejected for a white person with 3.7 and 210 psat.</p>
<p>As I’ve said before, as long as your accomplishments can speak for you, race doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>Thank you for awnsering my question.</p>
<p>I attended LEAD Wharton last year (Summer 2007) and there was a girl who was 7/8 White (blonde hair, blue eyes) and she said 1/8 Indian. So…yea that lets you know that “white” people can attend LEAD.</p>
<p>omgg so can i say that im 1/8 indian. i have blonde hair and blue eyes too!</p>
<p>A program for minorities would suffer if it did not have majority community participants…just as the many majority community schools and institutions out there would suffer if they did not embrace minority community participants.</p>
<p>It all depends on your frame of reference. If it’s a minority program, then a majority community member might be a token…but still highly valued as someone who contributes diversity to the program. </p>
<p>If you’re used to the world being wired for white and seeing exceptions made for minorities, then this program might be for you. I know first hand that it gets pretty interesting when you’re a white male and you find yourself in the minority and people are looking at you and you’re wondering if they resent you or think you’re spoiling the party, etc. It really gets into your head. You feel like you stand out. You think people don’t trust you. You feel self-conscious and find it hard to break in socially, partly because you’re reluctant and partly because it IS hard to break in. Welcome to “What It’s Like To Be A Minority 101.”</p>
<p>I believe some here are confusing race with ethnicity. </p>
<p>Taken from [ethnicity:</a> Definition and Much More from Answers.com](<a href=“Answers about Ethnicity”>Answers about Ethnicity)</p>
<p>Ethnicity: The only working general definition of ethnicity is that it involves the common consciousness of shared origins and traditions.</p>
<p>The Greek ethnos is variously translated ‘tribe’ or ‘nation’ and its meaning can be taken as being some way between the two. Ethnicity is the quality of belonging to an ethnic group. But the question of what is an ethnic group, as opposed to any other kind of group, is one which permits no simple answer. Ethnic groups are not races, since ethnicity can be more precisely defined than race or even logically independent: Serbs and Croats are also Slavs, and a Jew might be black or white. Nor does membership of an ethnic group relate a person necessarily to a particular territory in the way that nationality does. Nevertheless, ‘ethnic conflict’ can be the same thing as conflict between nations or races as it can also be conflict between religious groups. Ethnic conflict in Northern Ireland (‘Catholic’ and ‘Protestant’), Lebanon (where Christian Arabs have been in conflict with Muslim Arabs), and in the Balkans (where Orthodox Serbs differ from Catholic Croats and from Muslims principally in terms of religion) are all conflicts primarily identified by religious affiliation. Language, for the Basques, Welsh, or Georgians, for example, is a more important badge of ethnicity than race, nationality, or religion.</p>