<p>you are once again disrespecting my new-found heritage</p>
<p>Gimme a break. This thread must be a joke.</p>
<p>I agree with everyone else...if you just found out...don't include it.</p>
<p>Even though people are 1/16 and put it...that's their deal</p>
<p>I'm 1/2 Mexican, and I sort of feel bad checking it off (I'm gonna though)</p>
<p>If you're heritage originates from Spain, you're Spanish/European, not Hispanic. Get the hell out. I'm full blooded Mexican BTW.</p>
<p>Do you speak Spanish as a native? Would you feel comfortable being escorted on campus visits by a Latino student that speaks it fluently? Would you feel out of place at a URM recruitment weekend? All of those things are likely to happen if you check the box. More correctly you would check Caucasion or check both if you are really connected to your heritage.</p>
<p>stykur: "I'm full blooded Mexican....Get the hell out"</p>
<p>ironic?</p>
<p>ok, no, you are not hispanic/latino, but you are 1/8 european, congrats!</p>
<p>This has to be a joke..</p>
<p>it started off serious....but has taken quite a turn</p>
<p>if you are from spain, you are NOT hispanic...you could check other and put spanish though</p>
<p>People from Spain are considered hispanic...thats part of the definition</p>
<p>Hispanics or Latinos are those people who classified themselves in one of the specific Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 questionnaire -"Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano," "Puerto Rican", or "Cuban" -as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." </p>
<p>Persons who indicated that they are **"other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" **include those whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, the Dominican Republic or people identifying themselves generally as Spanish, Spanish-American, Hispanic, Hispano, Latino, and so on.</p>
<p>Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person's parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States. </p>
<p>People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race. </p>
<p>Yes, for official government purposes hispanic includes people from Spain. In fact, that's what the word means! Something is hispanic if it derives from Spain, its people, or its culture. In other words, it's basically the whole Spanish-speaking world and is not a racial designation. Latino, however, denotes derivation from Latin America and its culture. The latter is more specific than the former and the two words are not synonymous.</p>
<p>k thx bye</p>
<p>It may include it...but he's only 1/8. I wouldn't count it.</p>
<p>does anyone know what the official percentage required is?</p>
<p>or, for that matter, how it is verified?</p>
<p>What about Portuguese, I mean I know this is really stretching it, but if you were like half...I mean, if Spain counts why can't Portugal?</p>
<p>Good question - how does a college actually verify your racial heritage and know whether or not you're telling the truth on the application?</p>
<p>Or an even better question: How do you verify your own heritage? My father has no clue what descent his parents were of, and certainly not of their parents. And a 1/8th of whatever race is going back a ways in generations...</p>
<p>There is no official percentage for college admissions. Students self declare and may claim anything they want. However, if you are perceived to be gaming the system or simply lying, most colleges would not admit you. The only school that I know of that checks is Yale, and they ask for details if you claim native american status. Others may have different policies.</p>
<p>bandit_TX good post</p>
<p>yea...im not looking to cheat the system, but i don't want to miss a legitamite opportunity</p>
<p>i also find it silly how important skin color has become when getting into college</p>