34% of white college students lied about their race
… 34% of white Americans who applied to colleges or universities admit to lying
… 48% of people who lied claimed to be Native American
… 3/4 … were accepted by the colleges to which they lied
… improve their chances of getting accepted (81%)
… “banking on the fact that no college is going to ask them to provide a DNA sample to verify.”
… Seventy-seven percent of people who claimed to be a racial minority on their applications were accepted by the colleges to which they lied