<p>Does being asian help or hurt an applicant? According to the collegeboard, there's the same amount of asians as there are black and hispanics (each 8%). So does that mean that asians are an URM at Georgetown and therefore are accepted more? Or does this mean that the school is only willing to select a certain amount of asians for their class, thereby making it harder for the average asian applicant to be accepted (i.e. the asians compete amongst themselves in a separate category). Sorry if this sounds stupid, but it would really help me relieve stress if you could post your insight on this! Thanks a bunch!</p>
<p>Funny, I posted something about black students at georegetown a few days ago. My response was “letting somebody in and not in based on race alone is nothing short of bigotry”. Which is true, I'm not gonna lie.But back to you…I really think it depends on how competitive you are. Most highly qualified Asians go to the ivys, MIT, Cal tech and georgetown may practice yield protection or something (I have no idea). I don’t think they have a set number of Asians they can let in, but im sure race is considered. It all depends on your stats, the other Asians stats, your hook, etc. dont sress out about it my friend :)</p>
<p>thanks, so do you think it would make a difference whether i put a checkmark under "asian" or under "I'd rather not report race"?</p>
<p>Hm...wouldn't your last name give it away that you're Asian? Or is it an un-Asian sounding last name?</p>
<p>I don't know the stats for it, but I've heard there's a decent number of Asian students in GTown. And I agree with werun, race is probably looked at but it really depends on how good of a student you are. And if it makes you feel any better, I'm Asian and I got accepted.</p>
<p>actually, I'm technically south asian, with a middle-eastern-sounding name (from Pakistan).</p>
<p>pur yout asian. i never understood why people put "id rather not report".</p>
<p>Hiding your race will not get your very far if your goal is to avoid affirmative action/urm/etc...Someway or another, either your name, SSN, transcript, etc will give your race away.</p>