Strange minority question

[krazykowboy]

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Hey guys I had a couple of questions/qualifications. I am fairly small percentage native american and grew up splitting time on and off the reservation. I am a registered and card carrying member of my reservation. I attend things like the american indian science and engineering society conferences and they accept me. The catch is I look white as white (well red really) although my brothers are much darker lol (stupid genetics). A bunch of people have been saying how it doesn't qualify as being a minority unless you outwardly look it. My pre-dent advisor told me to check minority for native (as I have always done) so I did. Now people have me creeped out. Are the interviewers going to see me as trying to over milk the minority card? Do they care about skin color vs. blood content? Do I listen to people telling me not to register native or keep registering native and white like I always have. Thanks guys

 

[Bis-GMA111]

the fact that you spent time on a reservation and carry a card are good enough reasons for me. i'd put native down. who cares if you don't look it? you are what you are.

 

[uthscsaalum]

GPA and DAT scores mean more than anything else.

If I was a faculty member and saw a "white" guy claiming to be native American I'd think he was shady and probably think less of his app because of that. I guess if the application allows you to list multiple ethnicities there would be no harm in including it though since you wouldn't he denying your whiteness in that case.

 

[Zbtb7]

You're a card carrying tribe member and have lived on a reservation. That makes you much more of a Native American than the likes of folks like Elizabeth Warren. Heck, if you have any affinity with your tribe you'd have a good URM argument. There are few Native Americans in the health professions and it will be a huge boon to your candidacy. If looking too white is unnerving, go get a tan or something.

I think adcoms will be more interested in your involvement with your tribal community than your looks.

 

[Bis-GMA111]

You're a card carrying tribe member and have lived on a reservation. That makes you much more of a Native American than the likes of folks like Elizabeth Warren. Heck, if you have any affinity with your tribe you'd have a good URM argument. There are few Native Americans in the health professions and it will be a huge boon to your candidacy. If looking too white is unnerving, go get a tan or something.

I think adcoms will be more interested in your involvement with your tribal community than your looks.

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if you wrote about your reservation experiences on your app, that's a big plus in my opinion

 

[diene]

Hey guys I had a couple of questions/qualifications. I am fairly small percentage native american and grew up splitting time on and off the reservation. I am a registered and card carrying member of my reservation. I attend things like the american indian science and engineering society conferences and they accept me. The catch is I look white as white (well red really) although my brothers are much darker lol (stupid genetics). A bunch of people have been saying how it doesn't qualify as being a minority unless you outwardly look it. My pre-dent advisor told me to check minority for native (as I have always done) so I did. Now people have me creeped out. Are the interviewers going to see me as trying to over milk the minority card? Do they care about skin color vs. blood content? Do I listen to people telling me not to register native or keep registering native and white like I always have. Thanks guys

Use a spray on tan bottle before going in for an interview 😀

 

[krazykowboy]

hahaha to the tanning. I am checking both. I definitely feel like my native culture is a large part of me. I get financial aid for undergrad from my institution, the state and the rez and participate in pow-wows and events. Hell I even speak a little bit lol. So I figure if someone doesn't like that I'm checking both they can come home with me for christmas 🙂. Thanks guys I feel alot better, I honestly think that the people who wre telling me not to were just trying to get me psyched out because they applying to alot of the same schools.
PS I feel like my stats are definitely my strongest quality and am definitely not going to rely on this or anything just wanted to represent that side of me fairly:
PAT:24
QR:19
RC:30
Bio:19
GC:24
OC:19
TS:20
AA:22
GPA: around 3.2 (low I know but I'm staying positive and Ive had almost straight A's for last two years.
Two summers of research and 80hrs of shadowing and a national award for my research

 

[Hope45]

hahaha to the tanning. I am checking both. I definitely feel like my native culture is a large part of me. I get financial aid for undergrad from my institution, the state and the rez and participate in pow-wows and events. Hell I even speak a little bit lol. So I figure if someone doesn't like that I'm checking both they can come home with me for christmas 🙂. Thanks guys I feel alot better, I honestly think that the people who wre telling me not to were just trying to get me psyched out because they applying to alot of the same schools.
PS I feel like my stats are definitely my strongest quality and am definitely not going to rely on this or anything just wanted to represent that side of me fairly:
PAT:24
QR:19
RC:30
Bio:19
GC:24
OC:19
TS:20
AA:22
GPA: around 3.2 (low I know but I'm staying positive and Ive had almost straight A's for last two years.
Two summers of research and 80hrs of shadowing and a national award for my research

Hats off to your rc score!

 

[jeffity]

It's a golden ticket to ASDOH. That's a big reason why that school is where it is. Dr. Blue Spruce (first Native American dentist) is a dean there for American Indian Affairs and his mission is to encourage NAs to pursue health careers. They just graduated 6 (the most at one time for a single school).

 

[krazykowboy]

It's a golden ticket to ASDOH. That's a big reason why that school is where it is. Dr. Blue Spruce (first Native American dentist) is a dean there for American Indian Affairs and his mission is to encourage NAs to pursue health careers. They just graduated 6 (the most at one time for a single school).

I did not know that info but I was already applying to there so awesome news!

 

[KittySquared]

Don't worry about the whiteness. Your card and knowledge of your background matter a lot. And nice RC score. You evidently have mad English skillz lol.