<p>From Sally Rubenstone (one of cc's college counselors):
"Yes, I have seen Puerto Rican and Mexican applicants get preference in the admission process over applicants from other Hispanic backgrounds. Some admission folks will openly admit this; others won't; and, at a number of colleges, it may not even be true. Certainly, your Hispanic background will work in your favor, especially because your application will show actual ties to your heritage, and Spanish is spoken at home. However, it's impossible to quantify the amount of advantage you'll get at each of your target schools or to list colleges where this advantage will be greater or more minimal."</p>
<p>From Yale's multicultural recruitment program:
"Through the Multicultural Recruitment Program established in 1972, Yale undergraduates participate in the efforts of the Admissions Office to attract
and enroll ethnic minority students. The MRP works with Asian-American, African-American, Mexican-American, Puerto Rican and Native American students." (<a href="http://www.yale.edu/asc/guidelines/mrp.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.yale.edu/asc/guidelines/mrp.html</a>)</p>
<p>Unless more than half of all hispanic applicants are Mexican, then urm benefits are obviously not equal. For example, at Princeton about 60% of hispanic students are Puerto Rican or Mexican (according to zackalacka87). </p>
<p>But really, there's nothing we can do about it, and as urms, we should be more worried about being as competitive as non-urm students rather than comforming to the lower expectations of affirmative action.</p>