<p>If I am part asian and part pacific islander, how do college admissions see it? Is asian/pacific islander grouped as one?
Because I am part asian, will that hurt me or because the other is underrepresented will that help me? How will I be counted on colleges' break down of race in their schools? Thanks!</p>
<p>Depends what college, but Affirmative action is only REALLY used for latinos, native americans, and african americans. </p>
<p>Asian part doesnt really hurt that much, depends on certain colleges. </p>
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<p>Based on a number of published studies that tracked college admissions at elite schools, being asian hurts a helluva lot.</p>
<p>On average, this is how much higher asian kids have to score on the SAT to have the equivalent chance of admission at elite schools:
+50 points higher v. whites
+235 points higher v. hispanics
+280 points higher v. blacks</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/webOpportunity%20Cost%20of%20Admission%20Preferences%20Espenshade%20Chung%20June%202005.pdf”>http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/webOpportunity%20Cost%20of%20Admission%20Preferences%20Espenshade%20Chung%20June%202005.pdf</a></p>
<p>If you don’t have an “obvious” asian name, then you might consider leaving the race box blank.</p>
<p>adcoms will probably assume asian if left blank unless your last name is a common white last name, in which case they will assume white. </p>
<p>@foolish they don’t assume anything about race. Its an optional question that some people don’t want to share. They will not be penalized for that.</p>
<p>and colleges also “dont have racial quotas”</p>
<p>But the selective ones really do have quotas:
<a href=“Information Processing: The Myth of American Meritocracy”>http://infoproc.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-myth-of-american-meritocracy.html</a></p>
<p>^ hence my beautiful quotation marks</p>