Asian Minority Question: Should our daughter claim......

Applying to College
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<p>Asian Minority Question- Minority Status? Should or can my daughter, who is 1/4 Korean, check the Asian box on college apps? She is completely caucasian looking (I am 1/2, and look it). Her Korean "grampy" lived with us on and off throughout her life. She helped me take care of him at the end of his life as well. He taught all of his grandkids more Korean than he ever did his own kids. They all love Korean food, and can sing some folk songs. Still, they are completely "white" looking.
Is it more of a liability in the eyes if the Ivy's and other stellar universities?
Thanks</p>

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<p>In terms of college admissions, I hold that it won’t make any difference. Some others feel top schools have an anti-Asian bias. I disagree. </p>

<p>In this situation, I’d ask her what she wants to check off. My kids (1/2 Asian, 1/2 caucasian) fully embrace both. What might their kids do one day? Dunno.</p>

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<p>Probably not if applying to a top school but it’s a personal choice. I don’t think the box one checks determines the culture you embrace. You have the option to leave it blank too.</p>

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<p>Just let her check whichever she wants. It won’t make/break her chances of getting in anywhere so fretting about it is pointless.</p>

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<p>My kids are also 1/4 Asian, but look fully Anglo. I think they both checked White/Caucasian on the applications, but one daughter did write one of her supplemental essays about her relationship with her Japanese grandmother.</p>

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<p>No one on the “outside” can really prove anything either way when it comes to opaque holistic admissions processes used at the highly selective schools (and it is not necessarily true that the actual answer is the same for every such school).</p>

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<p>msprior01 -</p>

<p>The author Lisa See has written about growing up in a large extended Chinese immigrant family where most of her relatives don’t look like her. Your children might appreciate her take on this issue.</p>

<p>Wishing you all the best as you begin this college application process!</p>

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<p>Please read the OP of the Race FAQ sticky thread at the top of this forum.</p>

<p>Appearance, surname, etc. are not factors in what a student marks for race or ethnicity, it is whether they self-identify or not.</p>