If you are Asian, is it better not to list on your college application under race and leave as "preferred not to state?

[Anonymous]

Here are a few successful ones:

https://www.youtube.com/w...K1aItRvr78
https://www.youtube.com/w...R73Z2iyj1c
https://www.youtube.com/w...rs16KaDLP8
https://www.youtube.com/w...sy5M4hwN7Y
https://www.youtube.com/w...g_8uNuqw2g
https://www.youtube.com/w...M-av2fcdtv
https://www.youtube.com/w...C9cF7waU1E

[Anonymous]

they know it from your last name, no need to hide!?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they know it from your last name, no need to hide!?

In at least some cases, the last name is not a dead give-away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

Thars your opinion of what ”represented" means. Asian high performers are absurdly under represented compared to other high performers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

Thars your opinion of what ”represented" means. Asian high performers are absurdly under represented compared to other high performers.

That’s often bc AO see those “high performers” as one dimensional who don’t offer something else for the school - assume you are the OP of the holistic admissions thread too.

Certain “high performers” who are Asian don’t do well in holistic admissions, as they haven’t focused on creating an authentic unique non-stereotypical narrative or story.

Those with diverse interests (no STEM or piano ECs) will do well! Assimilated kids active in and outside of school with ECs that focus on human interaction… no loners.

[Anonymous]

wait, getting rid of AA wasnt enough? why not sue again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

WTF? is there a quota of some sorts out there that needs to be enforced? Chinese are overrepresented in Chinatown. Should we kick them out of their homes and replace them with others?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:College admissions officers do not view the race boxes in the Common App following the Supreme Court decision in summer 2023.

Obviously they see applicant and parents last names.

[Anonymous]

they hate asians so much that they keep on accepting them in overwelmingly disppropotionate numbers.

reminds me of work, white male colleague/friend worried aloud whether he would make partner as a white male due to firm's commitment to diversity. even though every year the firm overwelmingly elevates white men.

the firm had, and has, 1 blk nonequity partner, 1 asian, maybe 2 latin, 1 gay, 30% women partners. meanwhile if a blk lady makes it, it is bc she is blk despite trend suggesting she must have been exceptional.

i told him they may not make him partner due to his inability to do math and discern appropriate conclusions from past data.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

WTF? is there a quota of some sorts out there that needs to be enforced? Chinese are overrepresented in Chinatown. Should we kick them out of their homes and replace them with others?

Your logic skills may be what is keeping you, and those inheriting such skills, from getting into college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

WTF? is there a quota of some sorts out there that needs to be enforced? Chinese are overrepresented in Chinatown. Should we kick them out of their homes and replace them with others?

Your logic skills may be what is keeping you, and those inheriting such skills, from getting into college.

Keep saying that. Mine are at T20s.. and didn't have to lie about their heritage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:or does it matter anymore? I still feel Asians are not given a full fair chance even with the change in affirmative action.

That’s absurd and your feelings aren’t valid. Asians are wildly overrepresented at top colleges.

Thars your opinion of what ”represented" means. Asian high performers are absurdly under represented compared to other high performers.

+1 the demographics at a college represents the APPLICANT pool, not the general population as a whole, and given that Asian American students way over preform compared to other demographics, that group is under represented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don’t check the box.

But your name is Lee, you got an 800 math SAT, you have 15 APs, and your ECs are violin, tennis and robotics.

I think they’ll figure it out.

General Lee was Chinese?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meanwhile I just watched dozens of application videos from kids going to Brown, UChicago, etc. At least 60% of them were Asian, with Asian families and Asian friends. All of them were accepted to these well regarded schools even while being visibly and proudly Asian. Just go to YouTube and watch some. Each video is roughly 2 minutes long. Watch some and exhale. Plenty of proof that there is no need whatsoever to hide who you are

Most Asian applicants who get accepted are either international, underprivileged or wealthy. Middle class Asian-Americans are the ones who are at disadvantage.