<p>Having ancestors and parents from Libya and me being born and raised in America, does that make me African American????? btw i'm light skinned</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure that would make you an Arab, which, in the eyes of college admissions officers, = "caucasian."</p>
<p>You already asked this question. Didn't like the answers you got?</p>
<p>"African-American" is misleading. It really means "Sub-Saharan African American."</p>
<p>it's just that i know many Libyans that have put African-American down and didn't have a problem, i just do not want to do anything wrong if i choose to put that down.</p>
<p>You would be doing something wrong by putting it down. Usually most college application race forms will say White / Caucasian / Middle Eastern...that would make you another white guy, unfortunately. But if you really want to, you can write other, and explain..</p>