[quote=jpinpb][quote=AN]I assume this is all tongue in cheek but my perspective is, why try to cheat to get into a UC or better school. If your kids can’t even hang w/ your peers at ANY HS in SD, then most likely, your kids be creamed when they get into those prestigious schools. My guess is 90-95% of their peers will get into those school based on their own merits, so, sooner or later, they’ll have to compete at a level they can’t compete at and drop out, or get a 2.0 average.[/quote]

Yeah. I’m sure no one has ever cheated in colleges and universities.[/quote]

Actually, AN. I don’t think this is cheating in the sense that the rules that were established weren’t exactly creating a level playing field to begin with. Plus, I’m not suggesting one mismark the ethnicity…But if some admissions person wants to classify a last name as such, nothing I can do about that, can I? Cheating no, exploiting a dumb rule, yes…. Just making a mockery of the system is what I’m getting at. Why should my kid have to work twice as hard to compete with twice as many people to get into the same programs over a stupid last name?