Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.1 weighted (school does not do UW), maxed out rigor, and involved in activities. Applied as an IR/gov/polisci major to UVA, William and Mary, and Virginia tech and was outright denied by UVA and W&M. VT waitlisted but as far as I know they have no ‘spring waitlist’ program or separate campus like UVA wise you can go to for a year instead.

The only thing I can think of that could be the cause of this is my daughter’s name, which sounds Asian American despite her being Caucasian. Her first name is a name that some people have said is a stereotypical Asian name (think Alice or Christina), and our last name is Lee, which could be either white or Asian Korean.

In our case, it’s white, but people have said in the past when they have seen my daughter’s name but not my daughter (at first meetings, summer camp, etc) that they were expecting an Asian girl based on her name.

My husband thinks I sound like I need to be medicated, but I floated the idea of taking a gap year and changing either my daughter’s first or last name to be more explicitly Caucasian. She was open to it and is very young for her cohort anyway so it wouldn’t make her feel out of place later.

Am I out of line here? I’m not saying that it’s right that there may be a disadvantage for Asian Americans, but I don’t want my daughter to be harmed by any sort of biases.

This is Virginia, perhaps the least likely state in the Union to assume people named Lee are Asian.

Anonymous wrote:4.1 weighted (school does not do UW), maxed out rigor, and involved in activities. Applied as an IR/gov/polisci major to UVA, William and Mary, and Virginia tech and was outright denied by UVA and W&M. VT waitlisted but as far as I know they have no ‘spring waitlist’ program or separate campus like UVA wise you can go to for a year instead.

The only thing I can think of that could be the cause of this is my daughter’s name, which sounds Asian American despite her being Caucasian. Her first name is a name that some people have said is a stereotypical Asian name (think Alice or Christina), and our last name is Lee, which could be either white or Asian Korean.

In our case, it’s white, but people have said in the past when they have seen my daughter’s name but not my daughter (at first meetings, summer camp, etc) that they were expecting an Asian girl based on her name.

My husband thinks I sound like I need to be medicated, but I floated the idea of taking a gap year and changing either my daughter’s first or last name to be more explicitly Caucasian. She was open to it and is very young for her cohort anyway so it wouldn’t make her feel out of place later.

Am I out of line here? I’m not saying that it’s right that there may be a disadvantage for Asian Americans, but I don’t want my daughter to be harmed by any sort of biases.

OP, you have wasted our time

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.1 Weighted - the reject from UVA and W&M isn't out of line -- waitlist at VTech probably not surprising either these days.
Scores? Leadership in activities? Theme of common app essay something special or unique?

Like PP said, there are lots of other universities in VA - where else did she apply?

Also - why didn't you look at NPC for some out of state? There are a lot of schools that could come close to the instate cost of those three and/or may offer $$ to get it pretty close.

OP here.
We are in a tricky financial situation for determining aid for at least a little while so out of state was not an option. After finding out what was making the net cost estimators so high, we essentially gave up on the idea of out of state.

My kid's merit at Pitt made it the same price as Virginia Tech instate. It's worth researching your options oos.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4.1 Weighted - the reject from UVA and W&M isn't out of line -- waitlist at VTech probably not surprising either these days.
Scores? Leadership in activities? Theme of common app essay something special or unique?

Like PP said, there are lots of other universities in VA - where else did she apply?

Also - why didn't you look at NPC for some out of state? There are a lot of schools that could come close to the instate cost of those three and/or may offer $$ to get it pretty close.

OP here.
We are in a tricky financial situation for determining aid for at least a little while so out of state was not an option. After finding out what was making the net cost estimators so high, we essentially gave up on the idea of out of state.

She was accepted at JMU.


So your entire subject line and premise was a lie. She got accepted to a Virginia public. Go away, OP, and get your DD excited about JMU.

Anonymous wrote:Have her go to community college and transfer to uva or wm. Problem solved.