<p>I have a white last name (I’m half white, half Chinese), and was thinking about either declining to identify or marking “White.” (don’t get me wrong, I’m proud of my Asian heritage, but it will probably hurt me in admissions). Plus, my mom changed her first name to a completely American name. But the adcoms will know once they see where my mom went to college (China) and her country of birth. So it’s pretty pointless skip the ethnicity question, because they’ll figure it out anyways?</p>