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You can, and you'd prob get away with it for a few years, and then spend a few years in prison.allah6969 wrote:Are there any strict guidelines for persons considering themselves a URM? For example, can someone simply claim to be a URM and get away with it? I'm just curious.
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I'm at Columbia on scholly right now just because I sent them an email and told them I was URM, by the time they found out it was too late and they had already admitted me. Sometimes that's what you gotta do to get ahead in life.allah6969 wrote:Are there any strict guidelines for persons considering themselves a URM? For example, can someone simply claim to be a URM and get away with it? I'm just curious.
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- Deuce
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OP raises a good point. I think you actually could, and this could reap great long-term benefits for you. Honestly, I could not imagine anything that could go wrong with this. Who are they to tell you your racial identity anyway? I would go ahead and go for it. Be sure to tell us how it goes. Good luck!
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Damn, beat me to itMickey Quicknumbers wrote:I'm at Columbia on scholly right now just because I sent them an email and told them I was URM, by the time they found out it was too late and they had already admitted me. Sometimes that's what you gotta do to get ahead in life.allah6969 wrote:Are there any strict guidelines for persons considering themselves a URM? For example, can someone simply claim to be a URM and get away with it? I'm just curious.
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Re: URM
Well here is proof that TLSers jump to conclusions over a simple little question. I'm asking because I have a friend who declared himself a URM because he is like 1/16th Cherokee or something and he's gotten a couple full rides to some pretty decent schools. I realize there is nothing I can do about it, nor would I attempt to, but I'm just wondering if he is going to get away with it. I advised him against it but he happened to think it was an excellent idea. I was just wondering if there was anything the school would do about it if they ever were to find out.
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Re: URM
allah6969 wrote:Well here is proof that TLSers jump to conclusions over a simple little question. I'm asking because I have a friend who declared himself a URM because he is like 1/16th Cherokee or something and he's gotten a couple full rides to some pretty decent schools. I realize there is nothing I can do about it, nor would I attempt to, but I'm just wondering if he is going to get away with it. I advised him against it but he happened to think it was an excellent idea. I was just wondering if there was anything the school would do about it if they ever were to find out.
1/16th Cherokee - How did he even calculate that? Anyways, if he is a card carrying member, then he has absolutely nothing to worry about. As a matter of fact, he would probably still be fine anyways without a card or any other sort of tribal identification.
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Re: URM
Huh.LLB2JD wrote:allah6969 wrote:Well here is proof that TLSers jump to conclusions over a simple little question. I'm asking because I have a friend who declared himself a URM because he is like 1/16th Cherokee or something and he's gotten a couple full rides to some pretty decent schools. I realize there is nothing I can do about it, nor would I attempt to, but I'm just wondering if he is going to get away with it. I advised him against it but he happened to think it was an excellent idea. I was just wondering if there was anything the school would do about it if they ever were to find out.
1/16th Cherokee - How did he even calculate that? Anyways, if he is a card carrying member, then he has absolutely nothing to worry about. As a matter of fact, he would probably still be fine anyways without a card or any other sort of tribal identification.
That's about what I amount to, although I don't have a card. I haven't claimed it on any other application, but I never really identified myself that way. I wonder...
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