Hi! Daughter is half asian half white, does she go under white? I heard there’s a disadvantage to putting down asian or even half white/asian. How true is this?
She can put then either, both, or neither.
Whether it matters and how it matters depends on the college.
A college’s common data set, section C7, or the admissions tab for the college on http://www.collegedata.com , will tell you whether it matters, though colleges are less transparent about how it matters if it does matter.
Most people on these forums tend to exaggerate the effect (sometimes even when the college does not consider it), since race/ethnicity is one of the few observable and comparable admission factors besides GPA, rank, and test scores (essays, recommendations, etc. are difficult to observe and compare to other applicants if you are an outsider with respect to the college admissions office).
Thank you
My kids are half Asian half white too. They marked both and got into their first choice schools.