<p>The percentage of Vietnamese at Tufts is greater than the percentage of Vietnamese as a population of the U.S. So it is doubtfull that Tufts actually includes Vietnamese in URM.</p>
<p>Asians tend to be either good at the maths/sciences or humanities... play a musical instrument and sometimes does something athletic.. It's really hard to stand out, because there's probably some other Asian persons who do the same thing as you do.
The Asian category is really competitive. As for first/last names, most applications (I'm not abosolutely sure though) are also name-blind.. the people who read your application can't see your name.</p>
<p>The most competitive? Indian, Chinese, Korean, in that order, would be my opinion.</p>
<p>Perhaps the reason why the population is higher is because they wanted more? Minority population proportions grow every year. The admissions office publically stated that they were aware of the lesser proportions vs other asian applicants. You still didn't answer my question.</p>
<p>i dont get it, i knoww soo many chinese and indian people who are not that competitive at all, this is stupid i still dont get it, why would it make a difference what race you are, plus what happens if you leave it blank...?</p>
<p>leaving it blank is sorta stupid if ur last name gives it away</p>
<p>also dont they get your senior pic, so they can "assume" what race you are, i still think its stupid how it affects admission</p>
<p>are Pakistanis treated the same way as Indians? Coz I think during the census the Pakistanis fall under Asian Indian category.</p>
<p>If not, that how much better off are you being a Pakistani than an Indian?</p>
<p>My last name doesn;t give it away, its even a kinda western surname</p>
<p>"Asians tend to be either good at the maths/sciences or humanities..."</p>
<p>I'm Chinese, and the VAST majority of Asian kids I've met are either crazy math/science or musical prodigies, so I guess you could say that's true.</p>
<p>But you don't meet too many Asian kids who are history geniuses.</p>
<p>Then you just meet the first one... me
I got the highest score ever achieved in the history at my school for final exams history. And consider the fact that my school is at the top 5 of my country, I am one of the best historians of my country.</p>
<p>uhh what country is that?</p>
<p>"Then you just meet the first one... me"
-not only modest but completely relevant to this post </p>
<p>on another note..
Does being Burmese or Sri Lankan put you into the "indian asian" category?</p>
<p>I know Pakistan, India and Bangladesh def. belong in the Asian Indian category.</p>
<p>Webster defines India as "peninsula region (often called a subcontinent) S Asia S of the Himalayas between Bay of Bengal & Arabian Sea occupied by India, Pakistan, & Bangladesh & formerly often considered as also including Burma (but not Ceylon)". (btw....Ceylon = Sri Lanka).</p>
<p>I'm chinese, still managed to get into good schools. And I'm from an overrepresented area (NYC). I did also include that I'm part Mongolian. Does that make a difference? I think we're overanalyzing this...</p>
<p>chinese
indian
korean
taiwanese</p>
<p>chinese
korean
indian
taiwanese</p>
<p>An under represented minority or URM, is anyone that is differs from the majority of the student body: geographically, racially, ethnically, socially, and/or economically. The majority of the student body at nearly all completive schools consists of white's that are from middle-upper class (and beyond) families and have parents who are professionals and are college educated. Therefore, if you're Asian and apply to Harvard for example, you are still considered an URM, but to a lesser degree. There exists only a perceived disadvantage for Asians applying to competitive school.</p>
<p>The last 2 posters: isn't Taiwanese also Chinese ?</p>
<p>If you are separating Chinese from regions, then how does do you rank Chinese: from the PRC, from Taiwan, ethnic Chinese from other regions of South Asia, ethnic Chinese from Peru (yes they did have a Chinese or Japanese as president), and 2nd generation Chinese American?</p>
<p>People who distinguish between chinese and taiwainese believe taiwan to be an independent country.</p>