<p>How can a lot of universities expect ethnic diversity and people from all kinds of backgrounds if there are five big generalizations on most applications. Black,Hispanic,White,Asian and Caucasian. Countries like Russia and Greece fall under Caucasian. Should one just check the "other" option and simply write down Armenian or Georgian, for example?</p>
<p>I'm Armenian btw.</p>
<p>Ethnic diversity is different from geographical diversity or cultural diversity, and most colleges actually aspire all of them. Colleges will see your nationality and the country of residence, so if you are Caucasian just check the Caucasian box :)</p>
<p>Even though Armenian surnames are identifiable by their ending in either “-ian” or “-yan,” if you don’t want to take any chances, do the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>Check Caucasian</li>
<li>Check Other and write in Armenian.</li>
</ol>
<p>Armenian helps, actually.</p>
<p>Armenian helps? Trust me, it doesn't.</p>
<p>You're probably right...I don't really know, except for the fact that my friend who (surprisingly) got into Harvard with nothing really going for him attributes his acceptance to being Armenian. He's probably wrong though, becuase even if it did help, I doubt it would help that much.</p>
<p>Which area of the U.S or Universities are you guys talking about ? I'm sure, in California, it doesn't do much. But how about on the other side of the country, anyone from NY/Virginia area care to inform?</p>