<p>Should I mention that I'm a British Jew when the form asks you about your heritage?</p>
<p>I'm applying to Yale, Princeton, UPenn and Stanford.</p>
<p>Any help would be great!</p>
<p>It's up to you but being Jewish is usually classified under "Caucasian". Basically, it won't help/hurt you either way.</p>
<p>I think it would sound like a stretch. They are asking about ethnic groups that are not part of the mainstream culture, and Ashkenazi Jews have been a big part of the US educational scene for multiple generations. </p>
<p>If your heritage is important to you, then by all means work it into an essay. </p>
<p>I am having trouble seeing anything exotic or interesting in your background, but maybe that is because I am Jewish, born in the UK, brought up in the US.</p>
<p>I wasn't approaching it from a minority point of view, I was actually wondering if there was any chance of discrimination. There's been a bit of a scandal about that in British universities recently.</p>
<p>Historically there has been discrimination of Jews in US colleges. But it is mostly past, ASFAIK. Jewish representation in entering classes is quite high.</p>