Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
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Anonymous
Pp said “100% Asian.” Nothing about them being Americans. |
Anonymous
nice - you assume the 'white' reference in the first part of the sentence meant they were American. and not, say, someone from Germany with an Asian parent. it's the whiteness that makes them American. |
Anonymous
Last I checked, someone who is “100% Asian” means they are Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, Japanese, Russian, Georgian, Indian, etc. Are you talking about Asian-Americans? Those aren’t “100% Asian.” |
Anonymous
Exactly this. Apparently have 100% Asian RACE automatically dismisses them from being American. But saying White automatically does mean American. 
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Anonymous
So OP should have said Asian American, but didn't have to say White American. Got it. You're definitely not a racist toolbag. |
Anonymous
curious - what does 'half white and Asian" mean to you then? |
Anonymous
Oh you know, all those half French half Malaysian, non US citizens using a Washington DC based message board to game their college applications.... |
Anonymous
Ok a-hole. Then why would the word white sounded American to you? |
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Anonymous
How much should I bet that when you ask an Asian-American where they're from and they tell you "the United States", your response is always "where are you really from?" |
Anonymous
| Why is DCUM harboring liberal racists like Asian haters in this thread? |
Anonymous
NP here. Hate to say it, but he has a valid point. Teaching to the test is no way to live. In China, many students are excluded because everyone is the "same" (ie: meritocracy), and there are simply not enough slots for everyone to test into college admission, so they come here. Now, there are also not enough slots for admissions, but Asians only seem to want admission to certain schools, which is impossible. There are only so many seats, in any country. Period. TL;DR: American colleges strive for diversity, very different than Asian colleges. |
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OP one thing to keep in mind is there are other places on the application that will reveal your student's ethnicity and race. My DC is also half white and half Indian. The applications ask where parents went to college. My DH went to college in India so DC had to put that on the application. Both parents' names are on the app - not just student's last name. My DC also wrote some of the shorter essays about experiences in India during childhood. Hell - I wouldn't be surprised if AOs google parents for whatever reason during the admissions process.
Anyway, I don't think it affected my DC's application as they were admitted to some very selective schools and is now attending a top 20 school. Good luck to your DC. I think the most important thing is to let your DC show their true self on the applications and not try to be who they (or you) think the admissiosn folks want them to be. |
Anonymous
If these institutions want diverse learning communities, then why do they only select those with top scores in the respective groups? Are you telling me that they want a C student with a 980 SAT score who happens to be Asian American and went to a poor school for diversity sake? Those types of schools are very concerned about the rank and scores, which is why they only want students who score very high. There aren't too many high scoring students in a particular group, so they have to make do with what is available. |
Anonymous
Please understand that while YOU consider really amazing kids with SAT scores lower than your child "making do," the universities in question do not. They PREFER that child over yours, which is what stings, I understand. They have multiple criteria, and you do not. That does not make them wrong. |