<p>Welcome to the FAQ thread </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/809185-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-6-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/809185-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-6-a.html</a> </p>
<p>that remind everyone that </p>
<p>a) the law says that anyone, absolutely ANYONE, is permitted to decline to answer ethnicity questions on college applications, and </p>
<p>b) many, many successful college applicants (for example, one-seventh of all students at Harvard) decline to answer those questions. </p>
<p>The FAQ thread links to federal regulations, college enrollment data, and other information on the subject. </p>
<p>Good luck to all of you in your applications.</p>