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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
I just thought of a question and wondered if anyone knew the answer.
In order for someone to be able to say on their college application that they are a member of a certain minority group, is there a "cutoff" regarding how much of that minority they must be?
For example, if someone had one African American grandparent would they be considered an African American for Affirmative Action purposes?
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In terms of being "Native American" I have two little pieces of experience.
First is that whether you are "accepted" as a member of any given tribe is very much up to the tribe as to "how much (fill in the blank) blood you have.
Second, some companies have policies. When my mother died and I found out that all of her talk about Cherokee ancestry was true (my cousin -- same generation as me -- did the family geneology and proved it conclusively), I went to the HR person at the TV station I workd for. The litmus there is "Tribal affiliation or community recognition."
My kids and I all qualify, but we haven't asked for any of the scholarship money available. I guess we just figured to leave it for those who might need it more than us.
Finally, both of our kids who decided to go to college were accepted everywhere they applied and got reasonable scholarships. In the case of our son, that included numerous "highly selective" schools. (National Merit Scholar son ended up with a full academic ride)
AA aside, our experience is that if you are an excellent student, with a well rounded HS career in terms of extracurriculars, student government, and have good test scores, etc., the chances are pretty good you'll be accepted.