What ethnicity do I put down if I'm Indian?

Applying to College
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<p>What ethnicity do I put down if I'm Indian? Do I have to put Asian? I'm going to major in electrical engineering, so I'm thinking that I wouldn't have very good chances if they saw that I was Asian (compared to other ethnicities).</p>

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<p>Decline to state. You're allowed.</p>

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<p>I thought ethnicity was just for 'statistical purposes', and not an admissions factor. What about 'first language spoken'?</p>

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<p>Indian is treated the same way by AA. ORMs.</p>

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<p>VertigoFrog - What are AA and ORMs?</p>

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<p>AA= Affirmative Action
ORM= Overrepresented Minority.</p>

<p>An ORM would be a South Asian(Indian), Arab/Middle Easterner, or a pacific-rim Asian (Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese).</p>

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<p>Bah, so would it be best to decline to state? Why don't all Asians that are aware of the bias against ORMs decline to state?</p>

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<p>If you think that it would affect your admissions -- don't indicate a race. that is always an option. Realize that your name and/or parents name can sometimes indicate a race if someone really wants to base a decision on race.</p>

<p>If I were you -- I would not mark any race. Indians are considered asian --and they are overrepresented (especially in engineering).</p>

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<p>well it depends on yer name....
if you decline to state yer race and yer name is like</p>

<p>Vivekander Subramaniam or somethin, i doubt colleges will think thats mexican or black.</p>

<p>even more so if it ends in patel.</p>