Do upward grade trends look good?

MrMom62
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 16:51:28 +0000

Hadn’t actually thought about that, but that could work. Of course, if you interview, it’s pretty obvious, but I don’t think they’re allowed to “assign” you to a category based on either your appearance or your name.

This is an angle I hadn’t thought of. Don’t know if it would work, but it’s certainly not unethical. You aren’t claiming to be anything, which isn’t the same as claiming to be something you’re not.

However, given that the whole Asian quota thing is never admitted to, even though it’s obviously there, I wouldn’t put it past some schools to assign you to that pile. Not that you’ll ever know. The only way to test that would be to put in two apps with two different boxes checked, and that’s just impossible. Still, I’d love to do it just to see the results.