Hello everyone,
I have a dilemma. I’m half black and half asian and I wrote a powerful common app essay on this matter. However, recently people have told me to “hide” my asian side and only check black on the race box for AA. The only issue is that I wrote my essay on being mixed so wouldn’t checking one box show colleges I’m lying?
Thanks for the help!
Do not lie about who you are.
You can decline to answer the question entirely, but if you decide to answer it, it should be the honest answer.
C’mon. Who are these “people?” Other hs kids or anon folks? Some weird web site?
If you had some better understanding of your own, maybe this kind of question wouldn’t trip you up.
Your mixed heritage offers you a unique perspective. Make sure the essay is relevant to a college admission review, not some musing hs sort of writing assignment. Know the purpose.
If you wrote it in your essay, why answer anything else in the application that is in any way inconsistent with your essay?
I think its okay. Yes, its true that elite colleges have biases against Asians in college admissions, and the bar is higher, however, not so for multicultural or multiracial students.
Sigh.
Why would you hide who you are?? Why would you choose to lie??
This isn’t about college applications. This is about the type of person you choose to be.