A question on URM status!

lmpw
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:57:18 +0000

why do you think by her claiming that she is Hispanic was why she was accepted?? I’m always amazed by the assumption that ANY URM is admitted solely because of this fact. I have students who claimed they are Native American who look totally white, have had no connection with NA culture but can trace some very distant relative who was Native. So, there are a lot of bogus claims to the URM status. People are so convinced that this will provide them a hook that they will go to any lengths to claim this status. If there is an interview, the truth will come out.