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You don’t have to choose just one race. The common app specifies checking “one or more” races and leaves an area by each checkbox to explain being whatever applies to your situation, including being a low percentage. </p>
<p>The app also calls Pacific Islander “original peoples”, making it clear they are not talking about native Indians who moved to a Pacific Island in the 1980s. I’m sure they will realize the original poster is from New Zealand from other sections of the application, regardless of what race(s) he chooses.</p>