White (not of Hispanic origin) vs Hispanic

<p>TX07-- you're right!</p>

<p>From collegeboard.com:</p>

<p>"Eligibility Requirements</p>

<p>Qualification for recognition is based on the student's combined verbal, math, and writing skill scores on the PSAT/NMSQT taken in the student's junior year of high school. PSAT score cut-offs vary each year by state. Students must also self-identify themselves as Hispanic on the PSAT/NMSQT. A minimum grade point average is established for the program and academic information is requested directly from the high schools -- i.e., grade-point-average.</p>

<p>To qualify for this program, the student must be at least one-quarter Hispanic, according to the following definition: A person of Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish cultures or origins. For purposes of this program, this does not include persons from Brazil or Portuguese culture/origin, nor persons from the Philippines. Hispanic is an ethnic category not a racial category and Hispanics may be of any race."</p>

<p>I am half black half white and for all of my applications and tests I always put mixed unless it states choose only one. If it says choose only one, I don't put my race. I am both black and white, not one or the other, and I think choosing one just to up my chances is bogus.(what a fantastic word. i never use that)</p>

<p>on your transcript/birth certificate, what does it say?</p>

<p>glucose101, I don't think that would even be on a birth certificate.</p>

<p>And technically, anyone can assimilate themselves into a Spanish culture and then consider themselves Hispanic. So it's pretty dumb that one can actually be a fraction of Hispanic.</p>

<p>Mine is....</p>