<p>I have heard some things and was wondering if being American Indian will still be a good hook in admissions. I have heard that the UC schools dont factor in race?!</p>
<p>I think the law is that they’re not allowed to blunty ask you “what race are you?”. Howeer, I’ve heard that the adcoms make attempts to ensure a diverse student body by finding out an applicant’s ethnicity in other ways. look at this article from the new york times…</p>
<p><a href=“http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30A10FC3C5B0C758EDDA80894DF404482[/url]”>http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30A10FC3C5B0C758EDDA80894DF404482</a></p>
<p>actually, the link might not work. but here’s an excerpt about how colleges are trying to keep the student body diverse without explicitly asking for their ethnicity:</p>
<p>"At Wayne State University Law School in Detroit, a new admissions policy, without mentioning race, allows officials to consider factors like living on an Indian reservation or in mostly black Detroit, or overcoming discrimination or prejudice. </p>
<p>Others are using many different approaches, like working with mostly minority high schools, using minority students as recruiters, and offering summer prep programs for promising students from struggling high schools. Ohio State University, for example, has started a magnet high school with a focus on math and science, to help prepare potential applicants, and sends educators into poor and low-performing middle and elementary schools to encourage children, and their parents, to start planning for college."</p>
<p>Your zip code can often give the adcoms a good idea of what you probably are.</p>
<p>I thought UCs didn’t practice AA?</p>
<p>We are just showing ways its possible for an adcom to know your race in spite of not officially being told. They are not supposed to factor race into acceptances, but most schools want a racially diverse student body.</p>