Not in the Demographics Section?

xrCalico23
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:55:37 +0000

^^sigh I meant that it probably would not matter much for the person reading your application, since I seriously doubt you’ll be admitted or rejected based on which dialect of Chinese you happen to be speaking at home. If it’s that important to you to get it perfectly right, you can certainly make a note about it in the additional info section.

Also, perhaps Taiwanese is not listed on the Common App because they counted it as a form of Chinese ? Did you check the wikipedia article on the current classification of Chinese languages?

[Chinese language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](Chinese language - Wikipedia)



And the fact that you’re suggesting that it doesn’t sounds awfully racist -.-



Well, I happen to be Chinese, and I know that a friend of mine who is Taiwanese frequently put down “Chinese” on his applications when the other option is not available. Again, I don’t think it matters that much for the common app.