Which race to identify with?

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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<p>I am not sure what to identify as, I never was sure actually.</p>

<p>I am half Dominican (is that hispanic?) and half Italian; legally I am a white citizen of USA. Would it be better for me to put Caucasian, or hispanic? Or is there a way to put both?</p>

<p>How would other people address this like if someone was black/asian? </p>

<p>Will how I identify my race matter to admissions? Like if I put myself as an URM will that help, or will saying I'm white help because they think I have more money to give?</p>

<p>Thank you!!</p>

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<p>My daughters are white. Ethnically they are Argentinian/ Russian/ Czech. Since they are 1/4 Argentinian, they qualified as Hispanic for College Board–which allowed them to earn Hispanic Scholar. On college apps, we checked white, Hispanic and other (and listed Russian/ Czech). How this affected college admissions school by school, I can’t say, but we answered the questions posed to us about race /ethnicity honestly.</p>

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<p>@uskoolfish‌ Okay! I guess it wouldn’t hurt if I check white and hispanic. </p>

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<p>You should absolutly consider yourself Hispanic for admissions purposes. It can <em>only</em> help you.</p>

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<p>@soze‌ Sorry for the late response. That’s good to know! Thanks!</p>