This is me joining the mobs of others asking if they count. :]

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<p>As I stated earlier, I’m sure your comments are more than welcome on the main College Admissions forum, there are a plethora of AA threads for you to post your opinions on and have meaningful discussions. </p>

<p>However, here we deal in the facts and in stressing that students be truthful in marking their race/ethnicity designations, just as they are on any part of their college application. </p>

<p>This is not the proper forum for disparaging a generalized group of applicants because they are perceived to be deliberately falsifying information, please take that to the above mentioned AA threads. As eloquently stated previously by a member:</p>

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The discussion should focus on the definitions used by colleges/universities and related institutions like the college board. CC is designed to help share information but discussions over what “should be” or “shouldn’t be” hispanic are best directed to those institutions, not the CC community. The reality is that these categories affect admissions, scholarship eligibility, etc. and are used by institutions (including the government) to track diversity. You can choose to not participate (there is always the choice to not check a box) but you should read the definitions and requirements carefully should you choose to do so. You can also say that these categories are silly/unfair/racist/arbitrary/meaningless but the point of this forum is to explain how to interpret the criteria and determine how to answer them honestly (should you choose to do so).

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