<p>Here’s the thing: My mom is Argentinean, and my dad is British. But they are both fair-skinned (in case you didn’t know, many Argentines are white). Hence my white appearance and my very American sounding last name. However, I am still half-hispanic. When they see my last name/ see me during the interview will they doubt my ethnicity?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>i don't think so -</p>
<p>the interviewer most likely won't mention anything about your race/ethnicity, so you don't have to worry about him/her writing something like "This Caucasian applicant..." and the adcoms being like ??</p>
<p>as for the last name, lots of people i'm sure have "American-sounding" last names despite their URM statuses</p>
<p>i think it's really just the honor system for listing your ethnicity... i'm sure people must take advantage of it all the time</p>
<p>I'm worried about this too. I'm super pale and have a very plain, non-ethnic name.</p>
<p>I thought there was a requirement for showing a birth certificate, but I could be wrong. My daughter would probably be guessed as Italian before hispanic, but her birth certificate shows her father's name and his country of origin, Costa Rica, also a more "white" hispanic country.</p>
<p>While my father is Puerto Rican and I have an "ethnic" last name, I am also worried about this. My friends often comment that I'm the "whitest person they know" and people are astonished when I actually tell them that yes, I am actually half-Puerto-Rican. It's just awkward in my family because my sisters and I are split about half and half between who actually looks a bit Puerto Rican and who just looks white.</p>
<p>Argentinians are not considered URMs in college admissions nor are other South Americans. For college admissions, Hispanics include Mexican, Puerto Rican and Central American.</p>
<p>As long as you categorized it right, doubtful.</p>
<p>Brown had a really specific ethnicity thing, which is nice, because Caucasian is strictly a skin color thing, not really an ethnicity thing.</p>
<p>I agree with hmom5.</p>
<p>"Argentinians are not considered URMs in college admissions nor are other South Americans. For college admissions, Hispanics include Mexican, Puerto Rican and Central American."</p>
<p>My mom got financial aid in college because she is half Spanish (yes, from Spain) and therefore is technically Hispanic.</p>
<p>Halie: Seriously?</p>
<p>haha Spaniards are European and mostly white lol</p>
<p>Yes, it's true. Even though I had a hard time believing it, too! But it helped her out, so...</p>
<p>The colleges have very sophisticated analysis these days.</p>
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<p>This is surprising. What about Cuban?</p>
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Brown had a really specific ethnicity thing, which is nice, because Caucasian is strictly a skin color thing, not really an ethnicity thing.
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What specific ethnicity thing does Brown have?</p>
<p>ethnicity is not just for URM AA purposes, it's for diversity, in which case bring on the argentinians!</p>
<p>But, ClaySoul, the OP is not Argentinean. He's from Georgia.</p>
<p>Yes, but his upbringing may have been strongly infused with Argentinean culture. Mine wasn't. That's at least an ounce of diversity. It's not gonna get the OP admitted, but not being a rich / middle class white kid simply does help.</p>
<p>(This feels strange, because neither of us know the OP, but ...) </p>
<p>ClaySoul, it is interesting that you assume that he isn't a "rich/middle class white kid." Why isn't he? His father is British. Why shouldn't a family with an Argentinean mother and British father be middle class or rich? </p>
<p>If his upbringing has been infused with Argentinean culture, then he should have stressed that in his application. Which, btw, would have solved his initial problem that his last name isn't Hispanic.</p>
<p>If you accurately portrayed yourself, you have nothing to worry about. Remember that hispanics can be of any race, which is why some colleges are beginning to ask the applicant first if they are hispanic, and then asking them to choose their race. Having a mother from Argentina certainly makes you hispanic if you identify with Argentine culture, but it does not necessarily make you an URM in the eyes of colleges. Good luck.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was worried too because my last name is not Hispanic at all and I look white. I wish I could just show them my dad who looks full-blood!</p>