<p>Ethnicity / High School Graduation Rate / Bachelor's Degree or More
Filipinos 90.2% 47.9%
Chinese 80.8% 50.2%
Japanese 93.4% 43.7%
Koreans 90.2% 50.8%
Whites 88.6% 29.7%
Total US Population 83.9% 27.0%</p>
<p>Personally, I wish Filipinos were not classified as Asian. Being "Pacific Islander" will greatly help me at college admissions.</p>
<p>MODERATOR'S NOTE TO "To admissions officers consider Filipinos as Asian?" THREAD: </p>
<p>This is a question about ethnic self-identification in college admission, so it will be merged with the main thread on that subject, which has many links to federal documents on the Web.</p>
<p>Sry if its weird, im new to this...</p>
<p>I'm Colombian and Taiwanese and I was just wondering if this gives you more chances of getting into a college. </p>
<p>Would this give you more chance than being just black or just Hispanic?</p>
<p>any response is fine
thnx</p>
<p>I'm not so sure about being Columbian, but I know for sure being part Taiwanese doesn't give you much of an advantage at the top schools ;)</p>
<p>...black is better.</p>
<p>thnx
but does being half help at all</p>
<p>ok, i thought that half would be more of a urm
thanks</p>
<p>Where were you raised? If you were raised in Colombia, you might have a case. If you were raised in Taiwan...not so much. If you were raised in America, then again nada. Race isn't everything. It has to be a part of a narrative.</p>
<p>would it be ok if i just put hispanic as my ethnicity in the college application?</p>
<p>Sure, if your name matches your race.</p>
<p>i was raised in america, so i guess im screwed
if it helps english was my third language
but im not even fluent in spanish and mandarin</p>
<p>my name's [name deleted]
my last name's actually scottish</p>
<p>^lmao! weird name no offense :p</p>
<p>MODERATOR'S NOTE TO "What's better: half ethnicity or black?" THREAD: </p>
<p>According to the usual practice requested by many participants on College Confidential, this thread will be merged into the general FAQ thread on ethnic self-identification in college applications, which includes a number of links to federal government websites on this issue.</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, there isn't a strong indication that colleges go out of their way to guess an applicant's ethnicity from the applicant's family name (which in many cases would be the wrong way to guess, anyhow). Many colleges report a large number of applicants as "race unknown."</p>
<p>Since we're minorities?</p>
<p>Well, duh -- what do you think??</p>
<p>Not because you're a "minority," per se, but more a Under-Represented Minority (URM) in selective colleges.</p>
<p>Asian Americans make up about 6% of the population, while African Americans constitute 11%, yet Asian Americans are actually over-represented in colleges, and are therefore not actively sought after. For whatever reason, Asian Americans as a whole have devoted themselves to gaining success through academic achievement more than other minorities in America.</p>
<p>I Hate Being Asian I Wish I Was A Brotha!</p>