<p>He is kidding, since he's talking in past tense.</p>
<p>I should mark off hispanic too, even though its blatantly obvious I'm not - just for kicks, of course.</p>
<p>I think that no one should lie in the application.</p>
<p>Should you have lied? I mean, that's on you. You could have lied, and seen if hispanic would have helped you, but that is not something that I would do.</p>
<p>Yea, i'm hispanic but I have a surname that i believe is french and I look like a "white person". My mom took back her maiden name now (and that is obviously hispanic) and it's funny how she now gets mail in english and spanish or stuff like that.... weird..</p>
<p>But I'm still not sure what actaully qualifies as Latino. My family came from Spain, settled in Italy then immigrated to America. My grandfather's surname was "Italianized" when his family moved to Italy, but he is very dark and Latin looking. My grandma is fair with blue eyes; the children and grandchildren are a mix of both. I do not consider myself Hispanic, but would it be wrong if I had checked that off on the apps?</p>
<p>Being Hispanic isn't something you can switch on and off when it suits you. You would be misrepresenting yourself to the admissions officers for the sake of gaining an advantage, which is unethical.</p>
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"pure" spaniards are more white than the stereotypical hispanic that you see. spaniards are europeans. hispanics that are darker have a mix of indigenous or african-american or a combo of both in them.
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thats not rite. all hispanic means is living or having resided in a spanish-speaking country. it has nothing to do with skin color....or african americna combinations</p>
<p>shrek -- By your logic, I, a white, blonde, blue-eyed, 100% Swedish person would qualify as Hispanic if I'd lived in Spain for a while. I've lived in Brussels, but that doesn't make me Belgian. This has nothing to do with residence, nor skin color -- it's a question of heritage.</p>
<p>sry i meant originate. u get what i mean. that IS the definition of hispanic, yes it is heritage but not the color of ur skin. just because you have white skin (spain) doesnt mean u arent hispanic because spanish people ARE hispanic</p>
<p>but actually the word originated to mean location, and it still means today. hispanic still means today relating to Spain or a Spanish-speaking country</p>
<p>Yes, but we made clear earlier in this thread that Hispanics can in fact be white. The post you quoted in your first reply just differentiated between pure descendents of Spaniards (white) and those with mixed heritage (darker). Both are Hispanics, but they are very different in appearance.</p>
<p>I think what Shrek said applies to people who have lived in Latin America. My Spanish teacher is a person of wholly German descent; but her parents immigrated to Guatemala and she was born and raised there. She considers herself Hispanic.</p>
<p>hey what if i say im russian would that boost my chances coz my name and last names are russian and i lived there for a few years. can i get something out of being russian or do they hate commies?</p>