Sznappydog

My dad was born in Cuba but my mom was born in New York and is white. I look completely white and my last name is far from latino. I was wondering if I qualify as a hispanic.

itsv

Go to collegeboard website and it will answer your question under national hispanic recognition program info.

jessiehl

This has been covered on this forum a bunch of times. Your skin color and your surname do not determine your Hispanic status.

For what it's worth, Cubans who are not of African heritage tend to be lighter, as a group, than many other Hispanic sub-groups.

If your dad is a Cuban-American, than yes, as long as the requirements for a given scholarship don't require you to be more than half-Hispanic, you qualify.

entomom

^^^Agree.

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silverturtle

Your situation is similar to mine, and we are both indeed Hispanic by the standards stated for the scholarship.

entomom

NOTE: The OP asks:

While the OP does qualify for NHRP, it's possible that there are other outside or institutional scholarships for Hispanic students which require candidates to be more than 1/2 Hispanic to qualify.