Race on common app

[Anonymous]

Does it matter anymore?

[Anonymous]

They can still see your Asian last name. Unless you change your last name to something else, hiding race information on common app is futile.

[Anonymous]

Don't think anyone is trying to hide. Does it help in any way to select or select unknown or whatever the correct label is these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They can still see your Asian last name. Unless you change your last name to something else, hiding race information on common app is futile.

They can guess that Smith is "Asian?" ?? Please explain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They can still see your Asian last name. Unless you change your last name to something else, hiding race information on common app is futile.

They can guess that Smith is "Asian?" ?? Please explain.

Smith is often white, or black, isn't it? Kid could have taken dad's last name Smith but has a different race for other parent. So, mixed? What if kid just says white? Isn't it better than selecting mixed? Obama was mixed but said he was Black.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They can still see your Asian last name. Unless you change your last name to something else, hiding race information on common app is futile.

They can guess that Smith is "Asian?" ?? Please explain.

Smith is often white, or black, isn't it? Kid could have taken dad's last name Smith but has a different race for other parent. So, mixed? What if kid just says white? Isn't it better than selecting mixed? Obama was mixed but said he was Black.

For mixed Asian with non-Asian last name, they are all white or black or Hispanic for college admission purpose.

[Anonymous]

Most schools now hide this answer from the admissions reader.

[Anonymous]

The correct answer is Black/African American.
- Zohran Mamdani

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The correct answer is Black/African American.
- Zohran Mamdani

Literally born in Africa.

Do you guys want him to check white.

Need better boxes!!

[Anonymous]

They don’t see the boxes so pick whatever you want.

The place to drop in your race is the essays.

They want to know; they just can’t ask.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The correct answer is Black/African American.
- Zohran Mamdani

Literally born in Africa.

Do you guys want him to check white.

Need better boxes!!

He said it would be wrong for him to check that box!
I guess Elon Musk should check Black/African American then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don’t see the boxes so pick whatever you want.

The place to drop in your race is the essays.

They want to know; they just can’t ask.

"it's complicated"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The correct answer is Black/African American.
- Zohran Mamdani

Literally born in Africa.

Do you guys want him to check white.

Need better boxes!!

He said it would be wrong for him to check that box!
I guess Elon Musk should check Black/African American then.

And Arabs say they choose White

[Anonymous]

The box doesn’t matter at all for admissions. Now it’s just for data. Essays are a different story.

[Anonymous]

Why do they even need the data? They should get rid of it all.

Though as someone else said, if you aren't smart enough to drop it in your essay ("As president of my school's black students association..."), you aren't smart enough to go to the school.