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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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. [/quote]

DP. I get your point, but my kid would have none of those things true of their app. The only thing that suggests not totally white would be my first name, which doesn't sound white, but doesn't necessarily sound like any other race. My kid is not there yet and I don't know how I would advise her, but she looks completely White and her first and last names are "white sounding". Actually I'm not sure what the right thing to do is being that the "world" sees her as white [/quote]

Why not legally change her name so it sounds completely white to you? Now would be the time to do it.[/quote]

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