<p>Is it more advantageous to put down "white or caucasion" or to not specify?</p>
<p>No advantage to either</p>
<p>Race isn't an advantage unless you're a minority.</p>
<p>"Race isn't an advantage unless you're a minority." Of course, you're speaking about the context of college admissions. Being a minority in the larger US social context is an entire different matter altogether! LOL</p>
<p>minority= Pakistani?</p>
<p>ignorence..........</p>
<p>zainnu: when "under represented minorities" are discussed, South Asians are not included in that generally. They are minorities in the larger context of US society. There actually are some schools that have difficulty attracting South Asians -- at those places, your heritage can be a bonus.</p>
<p>Erroln: you might want to spell check your post, too.</p>
<p>bonus-wow! i thought it was the opposite.</p>
<p>what about if I'm asian? would it help if i didn't write down my race, with affirmative action and all? i'm sure they would know in the interview or whatnot.</p>
<p>haha here's an interesting thought. what if i wrote down that i'm native american (i certainly look like it). cuz NAs have a must bigger chance. LOL i'm obviously not going to, but i'm just wondering what would happn if i do :)</p>
<p>To qualify for AA in the case of native americans, you have to provide a tribe registration number. Not as easy as you think to cheat.</p>
<p>DARN. lol jk :)</p>
<p>wait but are u sure? cuz i know some NA's and they didn't register themselves.</p>
<p>parents, family.</p>