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Sahar02 · Jul 4th, 2009, 10:13 AM

Mamaof3, I was told *not* to check "Asian" because of quotas. Asians are a high population in universities, and they perform well; so by checking that box, your child might be competing against them, rather than the larger population.

I remember reading once that we are "caucasoid." Of course that's never an option. I usually do check Asian or Other. It's confusing.

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Sahar02 ~Of dark and bright~ Join Date: Nov 16, 2003 - 5:22 am Location: I'm out of this world! Posts: 11,403 Blog Entries: 65	Mamaof3, I was told not to check "Asian" because of quotas. Asians are a high population in universities, and they perform well; so by checking that box, your child might be competing against them, rather than the larger population. I remember reading once that we are "caucasoid." Of course that's never an option. I usually do check Asian or Other. It's confusing.