<p>Hi,</p>
<p>I DID NOT mark my race/ethnicity of my application.</p>
<p>Could that be the reason I got rejected?
According to the stats I should have got in. </p>
<p>Please give me feedback thanks </p>
<p>No it shouldn’t affect the admissions process. I did not mark my race/ethnicity on my application on purpose. (I’m Asian by the way).</p>
<p>Why did u not mark? Just curous ^</p>
<p><a href=“Asian-American students perceive bias in university admissions and counselors want clarification”>https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/12/asian-american-students-perceive-bias-university-admissions-and-counselors-want</a>
<a href=“http://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-discriminate-against-asians”>http://priceonomics.com/post/48794283011/do-elite-colleges-discriminate-against-asians</a>
<a href=“Discrimination Is Obvious - NYTimes.com”>http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2012/12/19/fears-of-an-asian-quota-in-the-ivy-league/discrimination-is-obvious</a>
<a href=“http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-03/asian-students-college-applications/51620236/1”>http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-12-03/asian-students-college-applications/51620236/1</a></p>
<p>It’s pretty clear if I’m Asian or not. All you have to do is look at my last name and the admissions reader would have a good guess as to what race/ethnicity. </p>
<p>Being Asian might cause you to get rejected from Stanford or Berkeley, where they already have tons of Asians.</p>
<p>Being Asian will not cause you to get rejected from OSU. OSU does not have a large Asian population; indeed, Asians are still considered an underrepresented minority there. OSU is severely lacking in diversity on all levels. If you’re a minority applying to OSU–any kind of minority–declaring your ethnicity can only work in your favor. </p>
<p>The people featured in those articles were applying to Ivy league colleges, not majority-white Midwestern state universities. There’s a big difference.</p>
<p>No! You were rejected because there are far too many applicants for far too few seats. Every race suffers such hardship. It is not unique to Asians. </p>
<p>@adjunctified I realize that many of the Asians who are featured in the articles are applying to Ivy league schools. But the underlying problem is that being Asian, people expect you to do better. And when it comes to college applications, many readers have a tendency to view Asian scores that might be higher than average but is the same compared to other ethnicity because he or she is Asian resulting in higher expectations for the same level of qualification with others. </p>
<p>For example: if a white person gets a 30 on the ACT, while an Asian person gets a 32. The reader may view the 32 as the same as the 30 only because the person who scored the 32 was Asian. Resulting in the same level of qualification yet one ACT is higher than the other. </p>
<p>@jyu650 I think you’re overthinking OSU’s admissions criteria and admissions process. Trust me, OSU is desperate for minorities. They’re not going to admit people who are outright unqualified, but they are not going to look at someone with an ACT of 30 and think, “Gee, if only they were white, that would be a good score …” No. And if that’s the case, then you probably don’t want to there.</p>
<p>Anyone with a 30/32 ACT, whether Asian or white or whatever, should, frankly, only be looking at OSU as a back up. With ACT scores that high, you can apply and get into a great many prestigious colleges. With scholarships. </p>
<p>@adjunctified I was saying that I did not state my race/ethnicity for common app in general not just exclusively for OSU but for all the colleges that I submitted via Common App. The question may be specific to OSU admissions, but I was answering in an overall sense for my situation. In the end it boils down to the point that it can’t hinder your chances. </p>
<p>I think like a lot of people you might be over estimating the importance of a Board score difference between 32 and a 30. Since the test is multiple choice, the score can and will fluctuate within a certain range. E.G. there is no guarantee that on a second test, the 32 test taker will again outscore the 30. Admissions understands this, hence all the other factors in the admission process. </p>