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Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 3:59 pm
Are you? That is, how do you actually identify?
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Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:05 pm
race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:16 pm
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Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:16 pm
hahaDesert Fox wrote:Protip, you are mexican now bro.
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Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:19 pm
Actually most Hispanics are white. I'm not asking how others see you, I'm asking how you yourself actually identify.Htexasguy wrote:If you looked at me you would think I am white, but my last name is from Portugal.A. Nony Mouse wrote:Are you? That is, how do you actually identify?
(But if the Hispanic name is Portuguese, I'm pretty sure it doesn't "count" as URM; check out the "am I ---?" thread stickied on the front page of this forum.)
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Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 6:37 pm
While you're at it just tell them you're also black...
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:09 pm
the only race is the UBERMENSCH, super driver of man impervious to flex price spikes, thus spake zarathustrachimp wrote:race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:49 pm
Really? Link?Htexasguy wrote:While this is true, it also can be the difference between getting into a law school with a 155 vs 170 LSAT score.chimp wrote:race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:22 pm
Well are you Brazilian or are you Portuguese? Where are your parents from? Lots of Hispanics not only look white but they are white. Doesn't mean a damn thing. People from Latin America come in all different colors.Htexasguy wrote:If you looked at me you would think I am white, but my last name is from Portugal.A. Nony Mouse wrote:Are you? That is, how do you actually identify?
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:35 pm
If you aren't Mexican or Puerto Rican you won't be getting a URM boost regardless.
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:37 pm
Somebody quantified it a while back. I think it was the MyLSN.info guy. IIRC, compared to being a white person, being Mexican was worth 4 points, Puerto Rican or African American was worth 6 points, and Native American was worth 8 points.seashell.economy wrote:Really? Link?Htexasguy wrote:While this is true, it also can be the difference between getting into a law school with a 155 vs 170 LSAT score.chimp wrote:race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Shockingly, the analysis got pulled after the shitstorm ensued.
ETA: Random Hispanic = No points.
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:05 pm
Ok, so not as dramatic of a point difference as stated.MarkinKansasCity wrote:Somebody quantified it a while back. I think it was the MyLSN.info guy. IIRC, compared to being a white person, being Mexican was worth 4 points, Puerto Rican or African American was worth 6 points, and Native American was worth 8 points.seashell.economy wrote:Really? Link?Htexasguy wrote:While this is true, it also can be the difference between getting into a law school with a 155 vs 170 LSAT score.chimp wrote:race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Shockingly, the analysis got pulled after the shitstorm ensued.
ETA: Random Hispanic = No points.
Re: I look white
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2015 11:11 pm
And honestly, I've heard of that before but in reality it seems that Puerto Ricans receive much less of a boost than African Americans do. There's unfortunately a lot of conflicting info on this subject.seashell.economy wrote:Ok, so not as dramatic of a point difference as stated.MarkinKansasCity wrote:Somebody quantified it a while back. I think it was the MyLSN.info guy. IIRC, compared to being a white person, being Mexican was worth 4 points, Puerto Rican or African American was worth 6 points, and Native American was worth 8 points.seashell.economy wrote:Really? Link?Htexasguy wrote:While this is true, it also can be the difference between getting into a law school with a 155 vs 170 LSAT score.chimp wrote:race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Shockingly, the analysis got pulled after the shitstorm ensued.
ETA: Random Hispanic = No points.
Re: I look white
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:37 pm
You can still find it here if you want: https://web.archive.org/web/20130522135 ... _boost.phpMarkinKansasCity wrote:Somebody quantified it a while back. I think it was the MyLSN.info guy. IIRC, compared to being a white person, being Mexican was worth 4 points, Puerto Rican or African American was worth 6 points, and Native American was worth 8 points.seashell.economy wrote:Really? Link?Htexasguy wrote:While this is true, it also can be the difference between getting into a law school with a 155 vs 170 LSAT score.chimp wrote:race is a SOCIAL CONSTRUCT
Shockingly, the analysis got pulled after the shitstorm ensued.
ETA: Random Hispanic = No points.
Elterrible78 did it too but I think he had a very different methodology. He used some sort of fancy math (something regression), whereas all I did was calculate the average difference between the LSAT score at which, for the same GPA, the groups first passed the 50% admitted threshold. IIRC the numbers didn't come out too different, though.
Re: I look white
Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2015 2:47 pm
If you have to ask whether you're "URM," you likely are not. 