<p>I'm not trying to use URM as a ploy, I just want to know so I can be realistic with my college list.</p>
<p>I'm a high achieving student (2400 SAT, lots of AP's) student on scholarship(ish) at a private school. My mom is white/American, and my dad was born in Uruguay of Spanish parents. He left and came to the US, got a PHD in Math. Mom has a college degree and some grad school. Also, I was born in the US but am a dual citizen. Family is fairly low income.</p>
<p>How much is this hispanic going to affect admissions (generally, I know it varies by school)? Does having well-educated parents etc. nullify/diminish benefits of URM? If so how much?</p>
<p>You seem to have some push-pull factors going on, because your parents have been to grad school, but you are ‘fairly low income’. I think you might have to define the latter as low income for college admissions is usually a family income of about 60k/yr or less; often people on this site think of 100k+ as being middle income, but it’s not.</p>
<p>MA and PR are the most desired Hispanics because they are the most underrepresented in US colleges. </p>
<p>That said, high achieving Hispanics are generally sought after because colleges are assured that they have the academic background to succeed at selective schools. This thread has some discussion of factors that come into play within the Hispanic designation:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/931488-ivy-league-admissions-nhrps.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/931488-ivy-league-admissions-nhrps.html</a></p>
<p>Will you qualify for QuestBridge or scholarships like the Gates?</p>