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<p>If the concern is really the generality of practice at various colleges and universities in the United States, the correct place to discuss that is on the College Admissions Forum in the thread with much FAQ information and discussion on that topic. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1228264-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-9-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1228264-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-9-a.html</a> </p>
<p>The specific practices of Harvard College of Harvard University (what this forum is about) are reported (as to actual results) through the U-CAN site, based on official federal definitions of various “race” and ethnicity groupings of students that you can find in the first few FAQ posts in the main FAQ and discussion thread. The Harvard enrolled student figures </p>
<p>[U-CAN:</a> Harvard University](<a href=“ucan-network.org”>ucan-network.org) </p>
<p>show a moderate number of enrolled students reported as “race/ethnicity unknown,” so it’s possible for an applicant to be successful for admission to Harvard (the topic of this forum) while making use of the opportunity to decline to answer the VOLUNTARY questions on race and ethnicity on the Common Application. </p>
<p>I’ll close this thread now to concentrate discussion of this issue where it is most on-topic. Good luck to everyone waiting still for this year’s admission decisions, and to all of next year’s applicants.</p>