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Primary ethnicity? Secondary ethnicity?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:43 pm
by Susan_Walid
I was just browsing Ohio State's application..and when asked to state your ethnicity, it asks for your primary ethnicity, then secondary, tertiary ethnicity??!??!?!?! What do bi-racial candidates do?????????????
Re: Primary ethnicity? Secondary ethnicity?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:55 pm
by Seneca
I'm sure bi-racial candidates respond/check boxes as needed. If it doesn't apply to you, don't worry about it!
Also, no need for two separate postings of one thread.
Re: Primary ethnicity? Secondary ethnicity?
Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:34 pm
by Susan_Walid
If your bi-racial (me) how do I decide which ethnicity is primary and which is secondary??
Re: Primary ethnicity? Secondary ethnicity?
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 1:20 pm
by 094320
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Re: Primary ethnicity? Secondary ethnicity?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 2:12 pm
by Susan_Walid
How do you know it doesn't matter?
Re: Primary ethnicity? Secondary ethnicity?
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 8:04 pm
by Opie
Susan_Walid wrote:How do you know it doesn't matter?
Because if a school has any possibility of being able to claim that you are a URM, they'll count you as such. If not, they won't.