Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There's no multiracial box? And is the last name a giveaway for ethnicity?

NP here and most Indian names have been shortened and can pass for white.

If a name is white enough it passes for African American. What's your objective?

[Anonymous]

Tell it what it is and you will be at peace. I am sure there will be option for multirace, or you can check both race, or write it down on the “other race” . section…

[Anonymous]

Yes 'Other Race' which is better than White or Asian

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

+1

Please don't think that these "woe's me" posters speak for all Asian Americans!

Right? We never gave it a second thought. We are an affluent, educated family with two loving and attentive parents. My kids grew up in a safe neighborhood attending strong public schools and had every kind of advantage we could give them in terms of time, attention, and resources. I’m not spending one second begrudging other kids whatever scraps the universe is willing to throw their way because they have more than enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes 'Other Race' which is better than White or Asian

It’s like you’ve never laid eyes on the Common App.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For top schools, you do better is you’re white.

You are totally wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

Asians are underrepresented at most SLACs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

Asians are underrepresented at most SLACs.

So being half Asian didn’t work against my kid in his college admissions, which was the OPs question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

Asians are underrepresented at most SLACs.

So being half Asian didn’t work against my kid in his college admissions, which was the OPs question.

Doesn’t this depend on what box you check and what your name is? If the kid has a Caucasian last name (which is more than likely as white dad / Asian mom is more common than the reverse) and you check the white box, how would they know the kid is half Asian? If you check the Asian box or the multiracial box and have an Asian last name, then I imagine you would be treated as an Asian (ie disadvantaged in admissions).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no multiracial box? And is the last name a giveaway for ethnicity?

NP here and most Indian names have been shortened and can pass for white.

Most Indian names don’t pass for white.

Well duh. If kid has white dad’s name that’s not an issue.

[Anonymous]

My half-Indian/half-white DD was going to do white but 1) parts of her application, like supps, had to do with her race and 2) the school she ended up ED’ing to were underrepresented with multiracial kids, so that’s what she put.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids are half-White and half Indian. Can’t we just say white in applications?

Yes, you can. my DCs put White on their applications. College admission is an unnecessarily brutal process, why add more agony?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t work against my kid at all. Got into multiple top 10 SLACs and UVA/W&M. And stop fretting about things outside your control. If your kid works hard, gets good grades, and gets good recommendations for teachers, they will do just fine.

These are not ivy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:no - it won't. but don't worry, you can be like the other parents on this forum and blame it on that afterwards.

Not only is it well established that it does work against Asians, schools like Harvard is defending discrimination against Asians in court. It's sad this day and age that there are people like you who think it's funny to support racist discrimination.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There's no multiracial box? And is the last name a giveaway for ethnicity?

NP here and most Indian names have been shortened and can pass for white.

If a name is white enough it passes for African American. What's your objective?

This. Why not just check the “Black” box, and claim your kid is a light skinned black person?