<p>My grandmother is 1/2 Mexican, because her mother(my great-grandmother) was full Mexican.</p>
<p>The rest of my family (all of my dad's side, ect) and everyone else is Chinese.
Because my mother's side is Hispanic, I have a Chinese Last name. So should I put that I am a Underrepresented Minority applicant?</p>
<p>Would it be weird if my last name is very Chinese? Would the adcom reps get suspicious? Is it possible for them to request verification?</p>
<p>oh and also, on the Princeton Application, am I required to state the exact percentages of my racial status? or can i just say "biracial Mexican/Chinese?"</p>
<p>While you could count yourself Native American if you were 1/8 Native American, I'm pretty sure you have to be at least 1/4 Hispanic to count yourself as such. The National Hispanic Recognition Program requires that at least one of your grandparents be fully Hispanic for you to be considered for the award/program whatever it is, and since one of your grandparents was only HALF then it's not really fair for you to identify yourself as bi-racial. I think the bi-racial thing is more pertinent if you were directly 1/2 and 1/2 of something.</p>
<p>I know that's probably not want you want to hear because being Hispanic is an advantage, but coming from somebody who IS Mexican, I just don't think it's fair for you to count yourself as essentially 1/2 Hispanic by putting biracial Chinese/Mexican.</p>
<p>Here's a good question to ask yourself: would you consider joining a Hispanic association (or club or whatever) in college? If the answer is a resounding "no," (which I predict it is) then you should probably think twice about putting biracial on your app.</p>
<p>what if someone were really 1/2 Mexican and 1/2 Chinese. would they cancel each other out? because asians are disadvantaged by their race? or would it still just give the advantage of being Hispanic?</p>