<p>I was born in Los Angeles, CA and my parents both came from Pakistan. Plus I am A Muslim. Will Any of this make me classified as an asian and if so, how is that beneficial for me to go to harvard?</p>
<p>Yeah, I think you classify as Asian.</p>
<p>But it won’t really help you with Harvard.</p>
<p>Definitely asian. This is an unhook so you might want to check the “other” box :D</p>
<p>And then put “middle eastern” or somethnig :)</p>
<p>hey can I tick Other and say: South Asia or Southeast Asia?</p>
<p>they would want to know ethnicity. being middle eastern is actually very different from eastern asian – japanese chinese etc. but geographically still asia. however the question is about ethnicity and not geography and therefore you should tick asian.</p>
<p>On the common app if you check the box of ‘asian’, it actually gives you a sub-group to enter. You can enter ‘Pakistani’ in that.</p>