A Little Confused...

revoltofages
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:07:42 +0000

I was under the impression that I wasn’t considered Hispanic and should simply list myself as Caucasian on college applications, but my friends have recently been telling me that I messed up by listing myself as non-Hispanic. My maternal grandmother was born and raised in Puerto Rico, and was of a line of descent from Spain. To my knowledge she’s the only Hispanic ancestor I have. Since I don’t really have much of a connection with my Hispanic heritage (I only speak very basic Spanish and have only seen my Puerto Rican relatives a handful of times) and I’m not underprivileged by any definition of the word, I thought that I was supposed to list myself as a Caucasian non-Hispanic. What am I classified as in the context of college applications?