<p>is being from peru considered hispanic cause it seems obvious to me that it would</p>
<p>i would consider it hispanic</p>
<p>Yes, it's definitely Hispanic but you should specify that you're from Peru (or Peruvian by heritage, whichever). On most applications there are different designations for Hispanic, like Mexican-American/Puerto Rican/Chicano/Other Latino/etc. On the "other" it usually has a space for country of origin, where a person would put Guatemala or Honduras or, in your case, Peru.</p>
<p>No, South Americans are not considered URMs by top colleges anyway. I went to HS with several. Might help for diversity at others.</p>
<p>someone please gimme another response because im getting different answers at every turn</p>