<p>I'm probably going to call the University later to inquire about this but I wanted to see if I could get a good response on here first. (It's cheaper.) On the application it clearly says "We ask you to assist us in this effort by describing yourself as a member of one or more of the following groups." under the ethnicity portion. Yet it doesn't seem to allow you to enter more than one racial group. Since I belong to more than one, what should I do. Is there some way to enter a second ethnicity that I'm just passing over?</p>
<p>Just choose the one that will be most beneficial to you in the admissions process...seriously. Clearly this isn't the answer you'll get from the admissions office...their answer will most likely be "choose the one you most IDENTIFY with" but i think my answer is better.</p>
<p>lol, i'm with shraf, if however, you think it's important to express both mention it somewhere in your essays if you can, do ask them how to do both though, also do they have an "other" section with a field to explain? that if the field exists that might be the best bet.</p>
<p>I went to college with a student whose mother was Lebanese and father was from Spain. Her last name ended with -ez. She benefitted a lot from being considered Hispanic although that was not really her "identity."</p>
<p>I thought that the online application had a space for biracial/multiracial where you could select two ethnicities...At least that's what I remember doing...</p>
<p>Otherwise select other and/or leave it blank.</p>
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<p>how is that hispanic?? </p>
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if you are a URM or part URM if u will, then it would be stupid to put other or leave it blank. Those that are considered URM are those who click the appropriate box but if you click other and write "African American and Hispanic" you might not be considered URM and might just be clumped with all those in the "other" category.</p>
<p>Shraf- Considering Hispania is latin for Spain being Spanish is being hispanic. </p>
<p>Thanks for your advice everyone. I'm going to put down the one that benefits me best then and include all my nationalities in my essay. I did that already though just because it fit with the theme. Thanks again!</p>
<p>ethnicity is not defined linguistically ....to be hispanic you have to be from latin america, spain doesnt count....if you're from spain you're caucasian, end of story.</p>
<p>I mean...technically, karen's right. But if you're gonna say that, many of the people who call themselves Hispanic would be better described as Latino (which I'm almost positive there is no place for on the app)...most people don't see people from Spain as being Hispanic. So, if someone said they WERE hispanic, which these days connotes ancestry in Latin and South America, when in fact their family was from EUROPE, there may be some cause for concern.</p>
<p>Isn't Espana spanish for Spain?</p>