<p>I don’t actually know of any college that distinguishes between East Asians and South Asians. Between East/South Asians and Southeast Asians, yes. I would also disagree that South Asians are more “culturally tied to their heritage,” but that is irrelevant to this thread.</p>
<p>As for LACs seeking Asian students in general, your best bet is to look in the Midwest and South and/or rural settings. Oberlin is one in the Midwest that hasn’t been named yet. Outside the Midwest, Davidson (in North Carolina, which is not DEEP South) has only 4% Asians and would love to increase their % of U.S. students of color. Whitman (small town Washington, Pacific NW) is also actively seeking diversity, including Asian diversity. The same applies, surprisingly, to Middlebury, which seems to have realized that the easiest way of increasing % of U.S. students of color without competing for high-stat URMs is to admit high-stat Asians. Representation is at 10%, but just this year approximately half of their fall diversity visit program attendees were Asian.</p>