What should my friend check for their race?

[rubisco88]

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[ILuvScience]

I would put Spanish.


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[ILuvScience]

Ya, I thought Spaniard sounded kind of weird/strong.

Yep : )


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[LizzyM]

It has been 500 years since Spaniards first arrived in Mexico. I think that it is safe to assume that most Mexicans have some ancestors who are from Spain.

It is possible to list more than one ethnicity, IIRC, so I suppose depending on how your friend self-identifies, they could list more than one.

 

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[LizzyM]

Why don't you worry about yourself and let your friend take responsibility for himself without your interference.

 

[kpcrew]

Why don't you worry about yourself and let your friend take responsibility for himself without your interference.

Probably because it is actually his own situation but he wants to maintain an extra level of anonymity by not revealing any supposed identifying information in a manner that makes it ambiguous as to who he's actually referring to but is clear that he is referring to himself because these kinds of posts on the internet tend to include a level of detail that a regular person wouldn't be expected to know about a typical friend.

 

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[LizzyM]

Not all premeds go on sdn. Most of my premed friends have never been on sdn. You'd be surprised how much my premed friends tell me from their Mcat scores to their ecs or lack of them to letting me read their essays. I was just trying to help him out but I guess I should let him fend for himself. People are such sharks. Not everyone grows up with parents that are docs or even professionals.

But anyone can come on SDN. It's free. Tell your friends what a great resource it is and let them ask their own questions; the more the merrier!

Frankly, when you asked which was more beneficial, I decided that you didn't want to list whatever is true but whatever version of the truth would be most advantageous and that really turned me off.

 

[kpcrew]

He's the first to apply to grad school and the first to graduate college.

How is that relevant? Does he not own a computer or something?

 

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[LizzyM]

If adcoms get so offended by urms using their status to get an advantage or even bragging about the advantage they get why have affirmative action in the first place. Urms aren't that naive. They are going to do everything they can to get in like anybody else. Most urms know they are getting bump in admissions.

They know this without owning a computer!? 😕

Don't make this about something it shouldn't be about. Either an applicant says, "I'm Spanish-American on my dad's side and Mexican on my mother's side and so I checked both." or he checks only "Spanish" because the family lived as immigrants to Mexico for a short time & don't consider themselves Mexicans, or he checks only Mexican because his family connections to Spain are from centuries ago and his accent, cultural practices etc are not from Spain. The applicant should check what is true and most accurate. Period, end of story.

 

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[BigBlueBear]

lol@somebody going to graduate school but not having a computer.

 

[Ansar]

Stop being so paranoid about being anonymous. Stop pretending it's "your friend" and making up excuses.

 

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[BigBlueBear]

We're not laughing at the fact that your friend is poor, we're laughing at the fact that you continue to go on with this laughable storyline that (most likely) is not even true. You're approaching troll status! 😛

 

[kpcrew]

Too many kids with rich parents and privilege on this site. We definitely need more diversity in medical schools. Go volunteer in a homeless shelter and maybe you'll be more understanding and sympathetic. Not all low income people are lost causes or whatever your implying by laughing at the fact that my friend doesn't have a computer so it's not possible for him to get into grad school. There are libraries you know.

lmao wat

 

[Narmerguy]

Too many kids with rich parents and privilege on this site. We definitely need more diversity in medical schools. Go volunteer in a homeless shelter and maybe you'll be more understanding and sympathetic. Not all low income people are lost causes or whatever your implying by laughing at the fact that my friend doesn't have a computer so it's not possible for him to get into grad school. There are libraries you know.

I don't understand how this is a class issue. If an applicant has made it through college and hasn't figured out how he identifies himself at this point, he's got bigger problems to handle. Instead of trying to figure out what "looks" best, or what "looks" worst, or what looks anything, just check whatever boxes he fills he identifies with and move on. This isn't really a question that requires group think.

 

[LizzyM]

Most urms know they are getting bump in admissions.

they know this without a computer? 😕

Obviously it would be difficult to know that if your (sic) low income without a computer. That's why I'm informing him. Not all urms are low income though.

So you are helping out this unfortunate student who would otherwise be unable to attend graduate school due to his lack of a computer. It seems that he does not know he is low income and /or that he is URM and/or that he will get a bump by the admissions committee if only he checks the right combination of boxes. Isn't he lucky he's got rubisco88 on his side; otherwise he'd be completely clueless. 🙄

 

[DHURT]

Let's keep things classy, eh? Post in the Official AMCAS thread if you require more responses.

 

[Kadava Reviva]

Stop being so paranoid about being anonymous. Stop pretending it's "your friend" and making up excuses.

Holy crap! I love your avatar! I haven't seen, heard, or even though about Calimero for at least 20 years!

Now, about the subject here. If the OP's "friend" has Mexican ad Spanish ancestry, he/she should write Mexican if they want to be treated as a URM. Otherwise, he/she can check the "Caucasian" box.

The admission system is a bit diferent here in Canuckistan. There is either a box that says something to the effect of, "check this box if you consider yourself being of First Nation / Aboriginese ancestry", whith only one box to check, or, "Do you consider yourself being of first Nation / Aboriginese ancestry?", with a box for "yes" and a box for "undeclared" That's it. There were no African slaves in Canada, so the Natives are the only group that is considered to be historically persecuted (and decimated). That's our only special group [actually, three groups: Native "Indians", Inuit, and Métis]. Even the Chinese people, whose ancestors were exploited during the building of Canada's railroads, are not given special consideration. We don't have a term equivalent to "African-American". What would you call a black person who was born in England from a well established upper-middle class family (third generation), grows up in France, moves to Australia, becomes an Australian citizen, then moves to the USA and becomes a legal alien then attends UCLA? Surely neither African, nor American... Why African-American? Races; What a mess! I'm happy I am issued of several ethnic groups. I don't even have 50% of any race, so I don't claim one.