Race

Prep School Admissions
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<p>If I am Filipino-Chinese with a little bit of Spanish in me, am I still Asian, or multi-racial?</p>

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<p>This should be an interesting thread…</p>

<p>For college applications, more and more applicants are leaving that question blank:</p>

<p>[College-Bound</a> Students Often Skip Race Question (washingtonpost.com)](<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A63331-2003May31&notFound=true]College-Bound”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A63331-2003May31&notFound=true)</p>

<p>Here’s a thread from CC that touches on dealing with complex bloodlines (after an interlude dealing with a plantain-based recipe called “mofongo” it picks up again):</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/412522-multiracial-affirmative-action-question.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/412522-multiracial-affirmative-action-question.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Do you self-identify one way or another as to race/ethnicity? That’s arguably the best answer. Some people, however, have such varied heritages that they don’t identify with any one race or compartmentalize themselves as “multiracial.” For them, the only box they’d mark for “race” would be beside the word “human.”</p>

<p>I think this answer is one you’re going to find yourself by being honest with yourself and answering what’s in your heart. Your heart may say, “I’m not answering that.” Or your gut reaction may be to consider it too fraught with misunderstanding or potential for abuse, so you might just decline to record an answer.</p>

<p>I don’t believe there’s a clear, unequivocal answer. Which is why this thread holds much promise.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>

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<p>You can answer multi-racial and specify Asian/White or Filipino/White. You want to avoid erroneously suggesting that you are URM.</p>

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<p>Thanks for answering!</p>

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<p>Multi-racial is most accurate.</p>

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<p>Filipino is considered URM at some schools.</p>

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<p>Cate, Choose multi. This will be irrelevant on your application because “international” negates the race distinction at most schools.</p>