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wrote: Would a white, first generation student majoring in Russian/Russian studies qualify as such?
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You would have to show a history with this (not just ethnicity). Kids think that they can select some odd major and that will shoo them into a top school. However, if you don’t have the history then a school won’t take it seriously. They’ll think that once you’re in, you’ll change your major.