<p>Applying as an Asian is harder I believe. Stanford for example could fill up so many if not all slots with Asian and Asian-American applicants because they have that genius that Stanford is looking for,but Stanford would never so this they would lose diversity in every way. So Asians are put into a separate pool where they all compete against each-other.(the best of the best) </p>
<p>well at-least that is what I think.</p>
<p>That’s very true, and it’s even more difficult if you’re Chinese. I kind of feel like Asians are modern Jews lol</p>
<p>why is my nickname in your post, OP ? :D</p>
<p>i think indians are more like modern jews just because they have the family culture and such to match. asians i guess too, but not as much. and of course, jews are still a little bit in the “modern jew” categoryl lol.</p>
<p>Agreed, lol. ;)</p>
<p>Totally agree, except the last phrase. Being Jew now may be a little advantage. For example, whenever my mom hears about “Jew”, she can’t help gasping and thinking about Einstein haha. But I don’t think admission people would do that lol, it just helps when you go outside.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was reading books about Ivy admission in like the 20th Century and how they were trying to be selective but not and they were talking about the ‘Jew Problem’ like what could be phrased as ‘The Asian Problem’ now but with much less prejudice involved.</p>
<p>Overflow of certain applicants= limit</p>
<p>Theaterkid, aren’t Indians still Asians unless you are talking about Native Americans then I am completely wrong. But when you will out that application you fill out Asian as your ethnicity not Asian(specific country).</p>
<p>Well usually when saying ‘Asian’ people mean ‘East Asian’ meaning China, Korea, Japan etc. India goes in a separate category b/c that area (EA) has so many applicants and it wouldn’t be fair to just lump them all together. b/c EA Applicants > Indian Applicants therefore less IAs would get in if they were all together.</p>
<p>Indians are still Asians though, when it comes the there application yes?</p>
<p>I was thinking the other day- Asians could check off ‘Other’ to avoid being jumbled together or ‘Prefer Not to Specify’. I mean, if they ignored the address it would work kind of :p</p>
<p>Hahaha.</p>
<p>Louise Wu (not my name btw)
Ethnicity: Other
…um… how convincing.</p>
<p>I think ‘Asian’ is too broad of a term… I mean, if you were from Tajikistan, you’d definitely have an easier time than being from Korea, right?</p>
<p>exactly what I was saying. I think that’s why they make you specify what country.</p>
<p>Indians are still Asians though, when it comes the there application yes? –> Yes, I think Indians count as Asians.</p>
<p>Hahaha DiveAlive made great point. You can’t get away because your last name is accusatory 
Random question, is there any Chinese/Korean last name that sounds more English/non Asian? I can’t think of any.</p>
<p>song doesn’t sound too korean… at least to me. maybe i just don’t have enough experience with their last names haha</p>
<p>young doesn’t sound that asian, either, but it can be. hmm</p>
<p>WELL You could be… Shannon…Jan? idk but if you’re like not int’l you could also have an americanized name</p>
<p>Well Chinese people who come/live in Honk Kong could have a more british name xD</p>
<p>I think we should stick to the topic on “boarding school admissions” i just used stanford as an example of how it may be easier but i guess it turns out its not!</p>
<p>:P you know what I meant! We can settle on ‘western-ized’- or ‘Non-Asian-Sounding Name’</p>
<p>In college admission, these are two separate pools for Chinese. </p>
<h1>1 Chinese attending mainland high schools</h1>
<h1>2 Chinese attending US high schools</h1>
<p>Therefore, applicants are separated according to their nationalities.
We say “east Asian”, simply because there are so many applicants from mainland China, Hong Kong, Korea,etc.</p>