Some Asians' college strategy: Don't check 'Asian'

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<p>Yahoo</a>! News</p>

<p>Hsu, the physics professor, says that if the current admissions policies continue, it will become more common for Asian students to avoid identifying themselves as such, and schools will have to react.</p>

<p>"They'll have to decide: A half-Asian kid, what is that? I don't think they really know."</p>

<p>The lines are already blurred at Yale, where almost 26,000 students applied for the current freshman class, according to the school's web site.</p>

<p>About 1,300 students were admitted. Twenty percent of them marked the Asian-American box on their applications; 15 percent of freshmen marked two or more ethnicities.</p>

<p>Ten percent of Yale's freshmen class did not check a single box.</p>

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<p>I’m not applying Asian. Or choosing my religion. Or anything like that. Frankly, its optional, its really none of their business, and you might be able to tell from my app anyways.</p>

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<p>The FAQ thread </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1228264-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-9-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1228264-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-9-a.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>has already initiated discussion of this wire service news story. See you over there.</p>