<p>I’m a senior right now and I’ve never liked the idea behind being identified solely based on race. I’m proud of being Central American, but I never liked it when my white friends would shove it in my face that my ethnicity would get me into college. It still bugs me. I’ve worked really hard and I do believe that my gpa, courses, ECs, etc helped me get into the colleges I’ve been accepted to so far. I obviously put I was Hispanic on my college apps. Whether or not my ethnicity helped me, Idk. It maybe did, but my advice to you is definitely not to rely only on being Hispanic. You’ve got to prove not only to colleges but many people around you that you’re not stereotypically only being accepted because of race and therefore lower stats. That being said, I have to agree with lolToasty.</p>