NY Post: Mindy Kaling’s brother pretended to be black to get into med school - It worked "despite his relatively mediocre 3.1 GPA and his family’s considerable wealth"

Mindy Kaling’s brother pretended to be black to get into med school

The big brother of Fox sitcom star Mindy Kaling reveals that he got into medical school by pretending to be African-American.

Fifteen years ago, Vijay Chokal-Ingam shaved off his straight black hair, trimmed what he calls his “long Indian eyelashes” and started checking off the “black” box for race on his med-school applications.

Before long, the Asian Indian-American was interviewing at Harvard and Columbia, and found himself on wait lists at the University of Pennsylvania, Washington University and Mt. Sinai — despite his relatively mediocre 3.1 GPA and his family’s considerable wealth. ...

http://nypost.com/2015/04/05/mindy-kalings-brother-pretended-to-be-black-to-get-into-med-school/?_ga=1.81336471.1299524751.1413468673