<p>you could just not put your race down on your application. but yes, it is extremely unfair that there is discrimination against anyone of a particular race, while there is extreme favoring of another (ie hispanics)</p>
<p>How is “I do homework for 2 hours a night” rarely studying? Real Asians don’t do homework nor do they study for school.</p>
<p>homework = studying?</p>
<p>studying = extra non-homework stuff, doesn’t it?</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/441477-fastest-growing-ethnic-category-great-colleges-race-unknown.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/441477-fastest-growing-ethnic-category-great-colleges-race-unknown.html</a></p>
<p>kthanksbye</p>
<p>Azianpryde</p>
<p>■■■■ beefs…why didn’t i think of that when i applied to my schools DFHISDHFKJHIEWHRIUHIEHFSJDHFJKSHDFKLAHKLSFDHKLDHFSJHDFHSFDKSDF </p>
<p>I HATE MYSELF!!!</p>
<p>While I don’t deny that there are certain biases against Asian candidates, the benefits legacies and athletes receive are much more outrageous than the benefits any URM may receive</p>
<p>[At</a> the elite colleges - dim white kids - The Boston Globe](<a href=“http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/]At”>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2007/09/28/at_the_elite_colleges___dim_white_kids/).</p>
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<p>umm…ok???</p>
<p>Take heart: you’re male. The bar just got kicked down a notch, and two at LACs.</p>
<p>putting down “other” is not acceptable for a lot a people like me who have asian sounding last names. Even if we check that off, colleges will still look at my last name and go, she’s asian.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure your name will give away your ethnicity, even if you put “race unknown.”</p>
<p>You could always go desperate and change your last name.</p>
<p>Life’s not fair, get over it.</p>
<p>You’re chances aren’t hugely lowered. I could say the same thing because I’m female and there’s more competition.</p>
<p>If you really truly care, apply to a state school with no AA.</p>
<p>OK, if you took the time to actually click the link that I provided and not just read the title, then you would see that every one of the trillion or so affirmative action threads has been merged into that one thread.</p>
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Unless you have a distinctly un-korean last name, you probably did the right thing. An Asian who put down other could only look worse than an Asian who put down Asian…</p>
<p>Oh, and another, I know several people with the last name Lee who aren’t Asian. (Hello, Robert E.)</p>
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<p>This wouldn’t apply to that many people… you’d need</p>
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<li>a kid with an ambiguous last name</li>
<li>BOTH parents with ambiguous last names</li>
<li>Parents with legal non-Asian first names</li>
<li>the kid can’t be an immigrant or have foreign citizenship from an Asian country</li>
<li>the kid must have a legal non-Asian first name</li>
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<p>Plus, even if it did… if peoples’ last names are going to become a factor in admissions… then you know the system is messed up</p>
<p>Well in my case, my last name sounds incredibly caucasian (even though I’m asian). 100% of the time, people think I must be Irish. Colleges do not try and interpret anyone’s last name as one ethnicity or another. If they did, they would obviously mislabel a LOT of individuals.</p>
<p>Maybe. But this gave me an impression that they would.</p>
<p>[Should</a> We Check the “Asian” Box on Applications? - Ask The Dean](<a href=“http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/should-we-check-the-asian-box-on-applications.htm]Should”>http://www.collegeconfidential.com/dean/archives/should-we-check-the-asian-box-on-applications.htm)</p>
<p>May I point out that the OP’s username is Johnlee24?</p>
<p>But I very much agree with your last comment, somedumbnoob (??)</p>
<p>edit: I mean this one: Plus, even if it did… if peoples’ last names are going to become a factor in admissions… then you know the system is messed up</p>
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That’s debatable; Lee is a racially ambiguous surname, is it not?</p>