<p>Evening all. When college application time comes, would it be to my benefit to include my mother's heritage as an Amerindian Guyanese from South America? What about my position as a resident of West Virginia? In all honesty, I was going to write down "Amerindian Guyanese Appalachian American" on my application. Would this be overkill? I await for responses and thank everyone in advance.</p>
<p>Ok, so you're a good example for MY question: would he qualify for a minority scholarship? Because I thought minority scholarships only went to african-americans, native americans, and hispanics...</p>
<p>I'm Moroccan...so could I qualify?</p>
<p>Put down however you identify yourself. I always marked down "white" haphazardly on tests, but then I realized I really wasn't, being 1/8 Mexican and 1/8 Cherokee. So what am I? Italian Mexican Cherokee Prusian American? LOL. Those stupid boxes annoy me. Write it all down I say. It's something that's unique about you for sure.</p>
<p>Unless you are 100% African American or 100% Hispanic or 100% American Indian, the Adcoms don't really care. You can put down whatever you want, it doesn't matter.</p>