Aa

Applying to College
1

<p>I am 25% black and 75% asian, should i mark both as my ethnicity, or only black for the AA. Would i still get AA if I marked both? Would my name or parents name show that I am asian?</p>

2

<p>do you consider yourself asian or black in normal life?</p>

3

<p>i think u should mark both. it shoes your extensive and unique ethnicity.</p>

4

<p>I think you need to mark both.</p>

5

<p>I identify more as asian, but since im not oriental, and more south/southeast asian, i look more black.</p>

6

<p>if your last name sounds asian and you only put african-american down, then it might come off as being a little suspicious. especially since you're more asian (larger percent), i would say put down both.</p>

7

<p>Mark biracial.</p>

8

<p>Actually, my last name sounds white/black, its my first name that sounds asian. So I might be ok on that. I was looking at the Columbia application, though and its like 20 freaking pages, and asks enough that it might look suspicious. But i might be ok on most apps.</p>

9

<p>They can't penalize you for answering truthfully.</p>

10

<p>You won't have any problems if you mark both. You will still be considered for affirmative action, if that's really what you care about. So it doesn't matter.</p>

11

<p>Well, I'd actually prefer not to, if I had a chance to these colleges as asian, because it seems like cheating as black. I have a 4.4 weighted and 3.7 unweighted, and got a 2210 on the SAT (800M, 710 CR, 700W) and SAT II (800 IIC, 750 Physics, 720 U.S. History). I have 300 hours of community service. I play XC, Soccer, Track, and am on the speech and debate team. We dont have a class rank. I live in SoCal. If I applied as asian would i stand a good chance at these schools?</p>

<p>In order of preference:</p>

<p>1.MIT
1.Stanford
1.UC Berkeley
4.Northwestern
4.UCLA
6.UPenn
6.UCSD
8.Dartmouth
8.UCD</p>

<p>Oh, and I have a legacy at Stanford and Columbia.</p>

12

<p>Anyone there?</p>

13

<p>I'd check other or biracial or multiracial or whatever actually applies to the way they do the boxes. Not only is it the truth, it's better AA wise than "Asian".</p>