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Rickjames11

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Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by Rickjames11 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:18 pm

Half mexican/half romanian. My skin color is tan and i've always checked MA on standardized tests. Wanted to know if I get the full or half bump?j

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by Geetar Man » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:29 pm

Rickjames11 wrote:Half mexican/half romanian. My skin color is tan and i've always checked MA on standardized tests. Wanted to know if I get the full or half bump?j
You should check the one you have checked, historically. They don't check this information, but if you've done it in the past, there shouldn't be a problem legally nor ethically.

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by AS33 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:37 pm

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by Geetar Man » Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:49 pm

AS33 wrote:I am half black and I check black

Lucky! I'm like 1/16th black and thought about it. (My great grandpa was half black.)

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by bk1 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:12 pm

You will get the same bump as any other MA, no matter whether you check 1 box or 10.

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by AS33 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:20 pm

Geetar Man wrote:
AS33 wrote:I am half black and I check black

Lucky! I'm like 1/16th black and thought about it. (My great grandpa was half black.)
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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by AreJay711 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:22 pm

Actually, a lot of places get a boner for multi-racial people so check that too.

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by AS33 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:30 pm

AreJay711 wrote:Actually, a lot of places get a boner for multi-racial people so check that too.
This. Since I've taken over your thread OP: what I did was check black, but then I wrote a diversity statement about being mixed.

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by bk1 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:34 pm

AS33 wrote:
AreJay711 wrote:Actually, a lot of places get a boner for multi-racial people so check that too.
This.
Huh?

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by 071816 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:43 pm

LOL @ "my skin color is tan"

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by bk1 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:44 pm

chimp wrote:LOL @ "my skin color is tan"
Well at least he's not raw umber.

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by 071816 » Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:50 pm

bk187 wrote:
chimp wrote:LOL @ "my skin color is tan"
Well at least he's not raw umber.
:lol:

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by Rickjames11 » Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:00 am

bk187 wrote:
chimp wrote:LOL @ "my skin color is tan"
Well at least he's not raw umber.

Or burnt umber lol. Oil on canvas much?

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Re: Half Mexican, do I get half the bump?

Post by Nicole435 » Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:12 pm

I always go with Mexican.

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