<p>I'm obviously asian, from my last name, as well as the fact that i wrote about being chinese in my essay. However, i heard from some people that it's better to leave the 'race' section blank if you are asian. Should i do that even if it is obvious what race i am?</p>
<p>I’m debating that too. I’m Asian too, but I’m not sure whether to leave it blank or fill it in. But for now, I filled it in because I think they use that for compiling the demography of the incoming class. They’ll find out later that you’re Asian anyways.</p>
<p>I’m Chinese, and have a last name that makes it obvious. Also, I stated somewhere in the 150 word Common App essay that one of my native languages was Mandarin. Since it would have been no use trying to hide it at that point, I marked down my race anyway.</p>