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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All of my nieces and nephews are half Asian/half white coming from two different sisters with Asian husbands.

Yes, if they are going into a heavily technical field or the medical field, they need to put white. They also could put "other." But, white is just as valid as Asian so it really doesn't matter for them. And "other" is always valid.

If they are going into something else, maybe race/ethnicity isn't such a big deal. Like culinary science or construction management.

Asian, particular Asians with an immigrant parent (like my sisters' kids) will be judged against their peers, which are Asians with an immigrant parent. You want your kids out of that pool and back into the pool with the white kids.

The applications aren't refined enough to pick up Asian American kids with regular Asian American parents (i.e., no immigrant parent).

In sum, if your kids have an easy way to get out of the Asian applicant pool, take it. Those kids score high. It is what it is.

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Other is not an option on the common app [/quote]

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