Mindy Kaling's brother claims he faked it until he made it— all the way into medical school.
Vijay Chokal-Ingam, who Kaling says she is estranged from, changed his appearence to look like an African-American after getting wait-listed at multiple institutions, according to People.
On his personal website, Almost Black, Chokal-Ingam documents the whole process he underwent that began after not getting into the University of Pennsylvania, Washington University and Mt. Sinai. He plans to explain everything further in a book titled "Almost Black: The True Story Of An Indian American Who Got Into Medical School Posing As An African American."
"I shaved my head, trimmed my long Indian eyelashes, and applied to medical school as a black man," he wrote on the site. "My change in appearance was so startling that my own fraternity brothers didn't recognize me at first. I even joined the Organization of Black Students and started using my embarrassing middle name...
"Vijay the Indian-American frat boy become Jojo the African American Affirmative Action applicant to medical school."
He said the transformation led to interest from medical school across the country. In total, Chokal-Ingam claims he attained interviews at 11 prestigious medical schools "while posing a black man."
"I became a serious contender at some of the greatest medical schools in America, including Harvard, Wash U, UPenn, Case Western, and Columbia," he wrote.
Chokal-Ingam attended St. Louis University Medical School, before dropping out. The transformation did have some negative, he said on his website.
"Not everything worked out as planned. Cops harassed me. Store clerks accused me of shoplifting. Women were either scared of me or couldn't keep their hands off me. What started as a devious ploy to gain admission to medical school turned into twisted social experiment," he admitted.
He provided documentation proving his acceptance into school on his Facebook last week.
Chokal-Ingam told the New York Post his sister is not a fan of the whole campaign.
"She says this will bring shame on the family," he said.
