<p>As the title says; how much will being hispanic help (or hurt) for good colleges (such as but not limited to Ivies)?
- Born in Argentina.</p>
<p>On a side note, so many kids in my school claim they are hispanic. One is a quarter brazilian. Does this classify as hispanic? What DOES classify as hispanic?</p>
<p>Thanks guys!</p>
<p>Helps. A ton. I’ve seen hispanics with 1900 SAT and 3.5 gpa get into Northwestern… while other people need 2100 and a 3.8 gpa. So yeah… helps.</p>
<p>I don’t know quite how much, but there’s an article out there indicating that African-Americans receive the equivalent of about a 300-point boost in SAT scores, and Asian-Americans receive the equivalent of about a 150-point deduction from their SAT scores. Can’t remember what it was for Hispanics, but I’d guess something in the 100-200 boost range (in your case, though, you’d also have the perk of being an international student). Regardless, those studies may not be completely accurate, so take them with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>As for the second bit, I believe “Hispanic” refers only to the Spanish-speaking world, but Brazil would count as “Latino” because it is in Latin America.</p>
<p>so, does anyone know whether how much it helps is decreasing, or will the affirmative action hold steady?</p>
<p>It depends on what the common app defines as hispanic I guess. Because I know for the PSAT you can say you’re hispanic if you’re 25%.</p>
<p>But yeah it helps marginally. As long as you’re not asian you technically get a boost if we’re only talking about objective measures.</p>
<p>Peter is telling the truth. We asians have a tough time getting into highly selective schools. The valedictorian who graduated last year didn’t get into CMU… He was asian. (I goto a competitive Magnet hs. His gpa was in the mid 5s out of 6 weighted and uw was 4.0)</p>