<p>Please check the ethnic group with which you most closely identify.<br>
African/Black
Caucasian
Pacific Islander
Asian
Hispanic/Latino
Other (Specify)<br>
Native American Tribal affiliation<br>
Undeclared </p>
<p>^This is what it states on one of my apps. Now i am hispanic and caucasian. I am more caucasian, however would you say i should check caucasian or check other and write "hispanic/caucasian"?</p>
<p>thanks a lot.</p>
<p>bump 10 char</p>
<p>"Please check the ethnic group with which you most closely identify"</p>
<p>its in the question.</p>
<p>if you cant decide put other than hispanic/caucasian</p>
<p>If you are .25+ Hispanic, you can legally put that. It depends on your personal moral values.</p>
<p>Heh.</p>
<p>I dare someone to check "other" and specify "Human"</p>
<p>i am 15% hispanic... so would you guys say i should just check caucasian for this one.. rather than writing hispanic/caucasian or...?</p>
<p>i see. just put other and specify, 85 percent caucasian, 15 percent hispanic. Colleges will do with it what they will.</p>
<p>Caucasian, in the US, is kind of the default. If you are into say, Mexico Lindo dancing, or if your family celebrates day of the dead, or are a member of some of the hispanic clubs in your school or area, I think you could probably say hispanic. </p>
<p>Note, they are not asking for blood lines, they are asking culturely, how do you think of yourself.</p>
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<p>Lol? </p>
<p>Having a high number of URM friends or joining the hispanic club does not make you a different ethnicity.</p>
<p>Ethnicity is your ancestry, in essence, your blood lines.</p>
<p>yeah i think for this one its best just to select caucasian. Its odd though for the common app it is much different, they want you to select all that apply.</p>
<p>huskies and mj,</p>
<p>NO, you are should not put down hispanic if you are only around 15%. How did you calculate 15%? Oh my goodness, if you have to go to those extremes then I'd say NO.</p>
<p>I'm trying to do the math; how do you get 15%? I would understand 12-1/2%</p>
<p>yeah sorry it is about 12.5%</p>
<p>"Please check the ethnic group with which you most closely identify." </p>
<p>This is asking which ethnic group (singular) you feel you belong to. It is not asking which ethnic groups are somewhere in your lineage.</p>
<p>do you have any ties to hispanic culture?</p>
<p>It just amazes me how many people "discover" their roots during the application season. The easy question is this; what group did you identify with most of your life before you started the college process?</p>
<p>Do you speak Spanish at home? Do you have a Hispanic surname? If it's no to both, don't say you are Hispanic.</p>
<p>having a hispanic surname is not representative of being hispanic. Many immigrants come to this country and change or shorten their names to fit into society better. It's all about culture and how you live your daily life. Did your friends know BEFORE college apps that your were hispanic? if the answer if yes, then you are living a life that is true to your heritage. If there was no question about your ethnicity PRIOR to college apps then that is what is important.</p>
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<p>Why is it so amazing?</p>
<p>The rules of the game favor people from “under-represented” groups. Rational people respond to incentives. Thus, I expect rational high school students to “discover” their roots since it can help them in the application process.</p>
<p>The real question is why can’t supporters of racial preferences understand that people respond to incentives? If you tell a person, “Hey, you will be favored if you are part of group X,” will he not try to find out if he is a member?</p>
<p>yeah i don't have a hispanic surname, but my father is hispanic (his mom's last name was villalobos) and my mom's a mexican immigrant (she was a martinez). it kind of sucks having a "white" last name cuz even though I have dark skin/hair, no one assumes i'm hispanic.</p>