<p>Does being Hapa do anything to your college chances at say, UC Berkeley? I’m Half-White (Mother) and half Chinese (Dad).</p>
<p>For UCs, theoretically not due to Proposition 209, though it could have some (positive or negative, intended or unintended) effect in any admissions process that is “holistic” (as Berkeley’s is).</p>
<p>[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu%5DUniversity”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu) can help you determine how your stats compared to admitted students at the various UCs.</p>
<p>See the thread “are colleges racist?”
I’d suppose it might be a hindrance if your last name is Chinese. . .</p>
<p>^ It is. Ho nonetheless. Bunch of laughs in grade school…yeah…</p>
<p>Isn’t there some way to explain that I’m half-and-half? I don’t even have the benefit of the typical tiger mother, my grades aren’t spectacular and no way can I afford to be bumped down 140 points on my SAT score for being Asian.</p>
<p>I’m beginning to see why Asians on here often complain about college admissions. It’s so discriminatory to be expected to have–without much benefit-- certain stats, and when you don’t have them, you’re ****ed!</p>
<p>Change your name to “Smith,” ASAP 
Seriously, you might consider using your mother’s maiden name.</p>
<p>“Hapa”- have no idea what that stands for, must be a local/regional term. Your chances at UC-Berkeley depend on your stats at this highly competitive U, regardless of your parentage. You also had all sorts of advantages by living there- a lot of educational opportunities not available to those in towns far from major colleges. </p>
<p>European American mothers can be just as focused on education as Asian Indian/Chinese/Korean American mothers, or not. My son is 1/2 local and 1/2 Asian Indian- as his local mother I had high expectations and contributed my share of the giftedness genes. Being Asian in Wisconsin is different than being Asian in California as most Asians here are Hmong or other SE Asians displaced by the Vietnam war. Of course, only those groups get targeted as underrepresented Asians, so the rest of the Asians get no special consideration, nor do they deserve any.</p>
<p>From [url=<a href=“http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=hapa&d=D3021]Hawaiian[/url”>http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.5/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q&a=q&l=en&q=hapa&d=D3021]Hawaiian[/url</a>], means “of mixed blood” or “person of mixed blood” in this context.</p>
<p>However, the term has made its way to the mainland US, usually in reference to persons of mixed ancestry, part of which is Asian.</p>