Should over-represented minorities state their ethnicity if the question is optional? (optional on common app.)? Should I leave it blank?
<p>you mean asians? i did...i'm proud of my ethnicity!</p>
<p>lol u left it blank?</p>
<p>yeah i was.. wondering about that too
altho my last name and one activity might give it away</p>
<p>oh, sorry...no; i filled it in
i have also read that most of the time, they can figure it out by the last name (especially asians...some last names can't be anything but asian...there's no denying the fact! :))
i don't want them to think i'm hiding anything, esp something like my race</p>
<p>yeah i wouldnt hide it. when it comes down to it, you want a college to accept you and know who you are. there should be no hiding of your azn pride haha</p>
<p>good point about the last name thing. i checked asian</p>
<p>as did i. asssss diiid iiii. XP</p>
<p>did u specify what country?</p>
<p>yes, i did have to pick country. it depends on the app doesn't it</p>
<p>cuz there are differences btwn asians</p>
<p>the name is thing is true, but there are exceptions, I know a girl with a last name of Oak and she's Korean. And she have an english first name.</p>
<p>I think it's just a game and whoever have the opportunity should try to play around it.</p>
<p>Oh lord, why do us azns want to go to college? can't we just be happy working at macdonalds? =) j/k.</p>
<p>what is the most over-represented asian country?...China?</p>
<p>did you guys send pictures in with your applications? im not sure if i should</p>
<p>China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Indian <--- dont get urm benefit at most schools
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, others <--- do</p>
<p>it all depends :-D</p>
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<p>How about the Philippines?</p>
<p>And also, if you're Asian from outside the US do you compete with American Asians or just other Asian internationals? Either way, still in the most competitive groups, right???</p>
<p>nah, the asians from out of the country compete with people from their own country, and SOMETIMES with other international applicants.</p>
<p>what if your a canadian asian?</p>
<p>Alot of kids do not fill out the ethnicity part of the college app and that is where the colleges get their info for their ethnic mix. Since it is advantageous for admissions to be in the URM category, it can be assumed that the vast majority of applicants who fall into that group claim it. As for the rest..., well, I can assure you that the adcoms do not sit there looking at the app for hints of ethnicity, or studying the name. There are Asian kids adopted by caucasian families, many kids of mixed ethnicity, Asian kids who do not look Asian, names that can be of many nationalities. I work with a lot of Asian families, and I truly can say that I do not feel that it hurts to be an over represented minority except if you are a foreign student.</p>
<p>"I work with a lot of Asian families, and I truly can say that I do not feel that it hurts to be an over represented minority except if you are a foreign student"</p>
<p>I am applying as an international student from Canada but I'm asian, will this hurt me?</p>
<p>Aero56, I do not know. I have heard things here and there about Canadian students, but I am not sure how they are treated in admissions. I do know that EVERY reputable college that I have known do not look at race as a factor except in the case of URMs and disadvantaged or underrepresented groups. Now in doing that, it does diminish the number of seats available for everyone else which is why there is such a brouha. But any organization looking to up its number in a particular type whether it is more females in a tech school, more males in a former all female school, more male dancers in a dance program, does give consideration for what they want which does negatively affect the chances for the over represented group. If you look at the acceptance rates of male dancers to Juilliard and compare it to the female numbers, you will see what I mean. The musical skill of a violist often does not have to be that of the overrepresented violinist. A school trying to develop its humanities programs will accept such majors over better qualified science majors. And so it goes with the URMs and other ethnic categories a school may want in its community. </p>
<p>I do not think being Asian will hurt you, but I do not know how Canadians are treated in the US college app system.</p>
<p>thanks for the info</p>