Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:24     Subject: Re:Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
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.

+1000
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:23     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
Anonymous wrote:Don't game, be.

Seriously, let your kid fill out the application, and check what they want to say.

(My kid checked Asian since that would be obvious during the interview AND, she did not want to attend a school that considered her race to be a negative admissions factor.)


It just is a negative factor at selective schools, regardless of what she wants.

- Asian here
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:23     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
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.



Sure they do when they’re shortened.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:22     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
Anonymous wrote:Don't game, be.

Seriously, let your kid fill out the application, and check what they want to say.

(My kid checked Asian since that would be obvious during the interview AND, she did not want to attend a school that considered her race to be a negative admissions factor.)


My kid checked white (Indian/white) because he looks white
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:20     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:19     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
Don't game, be.

Seriously, let your kid fill out the application, and check what they want to say.

(My kid checked Asian since that would be obvious during the interview AND, she did not want to attend a school that considered her race to be a negative admissions factor.)
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 14:00     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:54     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
no, you are screwed either way.

should've married a black person.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:49     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
There's no multiracial box? And is the last name a giveaway for ethnicity?
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:37     Subject: Re:Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
Anonymous wrote:Half-Asian, half-White here. I researched each school and picked white or Asian based on which was underrepresented.



This.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:36     Subject: Re:Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
For top schools, you do better is you’re white.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:35     Subject: Re:Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
Half-Asian, half-White here. I researched each school and picked white or Asian based on which was underrepresented.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:33     Subject: Re:Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
no - it won't. but don't worry, you can be like the other parents on this forum and blame it on that afterwards.
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:32     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
you're screwed either way.

-parent of half Asian/white kids
Anonymous
Post 01/01/2022 13:30     Subject: Will being half-Asian work against my kids in top college acceptances?
My kids are half-White and half Indian. Can’t we just say white in applications?