I'm Asian...

<p>But my mom didn't put my dad (the Asian part of me) on my birth certificate. Can I say I'm Asian on my application for colleges? I don't have any communication with my biological father and I don't really see it happening, I don't know how I would find him. Can I really say I'm Asian without any proof other than I look Asian.</p>

<p>It would depend on what your motivation is for putting it, an, for lack of a more graceful way to put this, what kind of “Asian” you are. At many schools “Asian” doesn’t count as a URM. You might get a bump in North Dakota or Minnesota, but on the east and west coasts it won’t help your application status. However, if you are from a smaller South Asian country it might set you apart more than China, Japan, Korea, India.</p>

<p>Vietnamese. But I get what your saying</p>