How should I identify myself for "race"?

Applying to College
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<p>I am an Chinese male applicant. My last name (Yang) is a common Asian last name. On the common app, I have three options:</p>

<p>1) fill out nothing, but they will probably tell from my last name that I'm Asian anyways</p>

<p>2) fill out "Asian"</p>

<p>3) fill out "Asian", and put "Chinese" under this category</p>

<p>My question is, does it matter how I fill out my race, or will one of the above options give me a better chance of getting into a school? </p>

<p>I'm not the type of person who gets offended easily, so by all means be honest :)</p>

2

<p>I don’t think it is going to make a difference for you chance wise. I’d just mark as you wish and worry about the other parts of your app. I would tend to mark Asian.</p>

3

<p>Mark Asian. Don’t hide your race.</p>

4

<p>Yeah I agree with you guys. Then does it make a difference whether I do 2) or 3)? </p>

5

<p>Do Asian and Chinese. Let them know who you are.</p>

6

<p>There really is no difference. You can’t change your race. Just focus on bettering other parts of your application, as another poster said.</p>