<p>My mother is Hispanic (Mexican) and my father is Indian (India). Does this give me an advantage? Would being Mexican have a greater advantage than being Indian? Does the Indian thing bring it down?</p>
<p>You can choose how to report you race. For example, my dad is black and my mom is white. On college apps, I will put black. I would recommend reporting yourself as latino, because that is an under-represented minority while asians are very well represented. </p>
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<p>Both of them are important to liberal arts colleges who constantly seek for diversity (and struggle with it a bit more than normal universities). Hispanic is probably more a help towards your admission efforts, as they are a URM, whereas colleges have recently received a flood of Indian (or american born Indian) applicants. </p>
<p>That’s my thoughts on it anyways; being a mix, I’m from two countries that aren’t seen as URM material (Japan and Bangladesh). Ah hell, even then, emphasize how your diversity/ethnicity has made you special, and it’ll still be of help in your app, especially if you speak said languages…</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice! Is there a problem with only stating one race? Like is it illegal?</p>
<p>nope not at all! It’s perfectly legal to pick one.</p>
<p>Go to the Hispanic Students forum (under College Admissions; Specialty Topics); please start with the Definition and Resource sticky threads before posting a FAQ.</p>
<p>cool thanks guys</p>
<p>You can be Indian (well, I guess you would put Asian) and Hispanic. Someone who is Hispanic can be of any race because being Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. As long as you identify with the Hispanic culture, you are in fact Hispanic, no matter what your race is.</p>