<p>So I was filling out the personal data on the Georgetown app and it asked me to mark next to my ethnicity, but I have a problem. I am one quarter Nicaraguan because my father is a first generation American, and his mother is from Nicaragua...however the application tells me that I can only mark ONE ethnic group. Do I mark both Caucasian and Hispanic, just one of them, or do I just not answer?</p>
<p>Mark the one you identify yourself most with</p>
<p>Mark Caucasian since you're 3/4. If you can, write a note explaining that you're mixed race.</p>
<p>Mark other. And get your friends to do the same. It shouldn't matter what ethnic origin people are. We're people!</p>
<p>That's nice and idealistic, but it does matter to college admissions officers. Does the word diversity ring a bell?</p>
<p>Of course it does. And I do support schools such as harvard and yale who put forth the effort of creating a diverse environment. But one thing everyone must admit. There isn't much diversity as their should be. For instance, UCLA has only 3% african american students and of the 3%, 97% are enrolled in the athletics department.</p>
<p>Why Yale? They admited a former terrorist.
Why Harvard? They give free rides to every admitted student under the poverty line.</p>
<p>That is true diversity. But many other colleges aren't like that.</p>
<p>Way too many schools are only admitting students with perfect academic records. Straight A students with high sat scores and piles of ecs. But what about the student who is sociable and spends her time with friends and family while still earning good grades. Is she admitted to a top tier college? No, and that is the problem with "Diversity" it is never true diversity. It is always, yes we admit black, white, asian, hispanic, but we only admit perfect angels, and not the student who earns a 4.0 but spends every thursday night dancing and drinking at a club. True diversity is looking beyond good and bad and seeing a well rounded student. Whether she may have strong people skills or ecs. Either or, a student with any of those backgrounds will surely succeed in life. I'm not neccessarily saying get drunk and a student will succeed but those that succeed in life often have people skills. And most of those who have people skills are spending time socializing versus community service ecs. Is it not neccessary to understand people and be able to communicate easily with people of all backgrounds? Yes of course and those, the most popular, in high school always had an easy time doing so. But as I can see nowadays, there is currently no barometer on the college application that asks the question, "How many friends do you have and how much time are you presumbly forced to spend with them?"</p>
<p>Yeah. Real nice that Harvard admitted a former terrorist. WHY, may I ask, is that something to be proud of?</p>
<p>This may be cynical, but I would mark latino (this is an option, is it not?) because it would give you a slightly better chance</p>
<p>It gives you a better chance...but I mean the OP is skeptical about putting it, which means the university might me skeptical if you understood it.</p>
<p>I'm 1/2 Mexican, but I live with my mother that is Mexican, so I'm putting it down.</p>
<p>With yours though, I dunno.</p>
<p>Heavenwood: That's my point exactly. A person without prejudice towards "PAST" experiences would not judge a person based on the mistakes they have made in life but rather the direction of the person's intentions. And that is something many in the world will never understand. People make mistakes, sometimes small, and sometimes really big. But is it our responsibility to shun those who make mistakes? Or is it our responsibility to make sure those individuals never make the same mistake twice? Ignoring the faults in society is not the method to fix something. Placing some concern on faulty segments of society is the only way to move ahead.</p>
<p>Terrorism? That's not a mistake...</p>
<p>It is not our bodies that are ever changing. For we age, does our skin not wrinkle? When we educate, do we not evolve? When we wed, do we not learn to love through thick and thin? To say that a person cannot change is ignorant all in itself.</p>
<p>stop trying to play the moral police.</p>
<p>just say youre hispanic.</p>
<p>Hispanic is tricky though: if you have successful parents, grew up speaking English, and are not 1st generation, then it will usually be of little benefit. I'd mark other and then explain how you're more than one race.</p>
<p>Say you are white or put other if you are really that concerned.</p>
<p>Before I said I didn't know what to do...I change my mind</p>
<p>You should know what you're putting for your race, and really shouldn't have to think about it. If you're having trouble, you're probably wondering if it's moral to put down Hispanic because of all the extra-thingys you receive with it.</p>
<p>I'd put White or Other.</p>
<p>You are one odd duck, JNP.....</p>
<p>what sort of culture permeates your house... keep that in mind and put down race accordingly</p>