<p>Is this information mandatory? i'm choosing to not identify my race and i don't want this to give it away. No, I am not asian (not that this should influence the answer to this question).</p>
<p>The CA states:</p>
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<p>Religion, ethnicity and race are shaded gray.</p>
<p>There is no similar statement for any of the family information.</p>
<p>what would happen if i chose to not write anything? would i still be able to submit the app? would colleges not accept my app to consider?</p>
<p>I don’t think you will be able to submit the app without filling out all the required fields, with parents’ information being one of them. You can, however, try making a point by purposely putting in “not comfortable stating” or “N/A”, but with that you’re also drawing attention to the issue to the admission office.</p>