A new study shows that the college craze over diversity has inspired more than a fair share of white applicants to lie about their ethnic identity when applying.
“Some college applicants are misrepresenting their race in an effort to use their desired school’s diversity efforts to gain admission, or obtain more financial aid,” reported Intelligent.
Asking 1,250 white college applicants ages 16 and older via the survey platform Pollfish, Intelligent found that 34 percent of those surveyed “lied on their application by indicating they were a racial minority.” A majority (81 percent) said they lied to improve their odds of acceptance, while 50 percent claimed they wanted financial aid.
The survey required that each respondent “had to have previously applied to a college or university in the U.S” while advising students to answer truthfully and to the fullest of their knowledge. The survey did not independently verify each claim.
By demographics, white males were “three times as likely than women to lie about their race,” with 48 percent claiming to have lied on their application versus 16 percent of women.
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