My daughter was in the college admissions process last year and she would not check they Asian box. I kept telling her, you won't get accepted anywhere with the white box checked. Sad that it's really come to that. She was 10th in her class (900 kids), decent SATs, etc. Though in fairness, I have to say the #1 kid, who was a white male, got a free ride offer to Harvard. BUT, he was a financial need kid too. Her good friend was #3 and got NADA. (she is white)
Tell her to check the Native American box.
Seems to have done the trick for Lizzie Warren.