Being of Spanish descent is not culturally Hispanic and the schools know that. It is international, European, interesting, diverse, etc. For colleges, Spaniards are NOT eligible for National Hispanic Recognition Award which requires a parent who is Hispanic/Latino, not from Spain. I also agree with Needone.
I respectfully beg to differ, @mexusa. I was surprised, too:
NHRP’s Definition of Hispanic/Latino
To be eligible, you must be at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnic category, not a racial category, so you can be of any race.
You must have ancestors from at least one of these countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, or Venezuela.
@itcannotbetrue : I sit corrected! (I am seated…) My older DD was in the running for NHRP and her guidance counselor had explained how her Cuban background counted, not her Spanish one. Okay, so Spain counts!
I do enjoy being correct sometimes :))
Also notable in the definition is that the student only needs to be 1/4 Latino, therefore just one grandparent. Not as generous as Native American (12.5% I believe?), but still something.
This is USA of 2016, there is no shortage of people who are bilingual, multiethnic, dual citizens, mixed race, multicultural, bireligious, bisexual or with multi country upbringing. I doubt it makes any diffrence in college admissions. Only thing that helps is if you are from some sort of underprivileged background. However, a poor AA is considered more underprivileged then poor Asian so there are privileged underprivilegeds as well.
@WorryHurry441 – this is the prep/boarding school forum, not college admissions.