Does "type" of Asian matter?

Applying to College
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<p>I know being Asian won't HELP my admission chances (perhaps it would even hurt them), but I'm curious as to whether ethnicity matters-- ex Vietnamese, Cambodian, Laotian vs Chinese, Japanese, Korean.</p>

<p>In my case I'm Filipino (with some Hispanic heritage but I'm not sure it's enough to actually put it on the common app) and white.</p>

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<p>bump?? i guess</p>

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<p>Although I’m not 100% sure, I think it wouldn’t be a huge difference. My buddies from Asia (I go to boarding school.) tell me there are a huge lump of applicants from China and Korea mostly, but you do not fall into that category. Here is an article that I found that may give you a better understanding.</p>

<p><a href=“Multiracial Students Face Quandary on College Application - The New York Times”>Multiracial Students Face Quandary on College Application - The New York Times;

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<p>PHL is considered pac-islander… so i think you are considered apart from the Chinese/Korean/Japanese/Indian group</p>

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<p>The US census definitions include Filipino in Asian, not Pacific Islander.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-12.pdf”>http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-12.pdf&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-11.pdf”>http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-11.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Philippino is Southeast Asian.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.ssa.gov/people/aapi/[/url]”>http://www.ssa.gov/people/aapi/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Huh. That’s interesting & also a little sad. Like the % of Cambodian people with a college degree is something around 10% while for Chinese it’s around 60% but they’re all lumped together into “ORM Asians”</p>

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<p>You’d be Hispanic AND Asian.
In addition, if you apply to LACs in the Northeast and the Midwest, you would be considered a URM :slight_smile: so do include a few of those.
If you’re international and will need a visa to study in the US, you’re not considered alongside people whose parents, grandparents, or ancestors came from that region of the world.</p>

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<p>You can be black, white or hispanic depends on how far you go back.</p>

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<p>It may make some difference if you are from Asian countries that are underrepresented.(URM) </p>

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<p>Underrepresented makes sense but that’s not the same as URM.</p>

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<p>URM means (under represented) minority, and in some states/areas/colleges, Asians are a minority; Hispanics are always considered a minority, regardless of ethnic background.</p>