A question on URM status!

hec2008
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 21:49:46 +0000

when I applied to georgetown I was asked to check one ethnicity. My grandfather is spain-ish and I speak spanish and catalan, eat spanish food at home, am catholic, and celebrate traditional spanish holidays. I identify strongly with this part of my heritage. However, I look as white as they come and Georgetown asked for just one. So I checked Caucasian (tech speaking Spaniards are Europeans, what separates Latinos is the presence of Native American linage, I am 0% Native American). Everyone thought I was crazy, but I was still accepted! I asked my regional rep after about how they deal with race and random box checking. They said it comes down to more how the app “feels” and less about which race the applicant might have somewhere on their family tree. The point is this. Mark what ever you want, but app readers can tell the difference between I raised in this culture and my grandma I rarely see speaks spanglish. It won’t hurt you, but it won’t be teh big push you hope for.