<p>Ok so my dad is hispanic (half nicaraguan, half puerto rican) and my mom is white (half irish, half italian) so on all my applications I always “check all that apply” which generally means checking off caucasian, puerto rican, and “other hispanic (please specify)”</p>
<p>Will I still be considered a URM even though I also checked off caucasian?</p>
<p>Haha, I have a good buddy like you: he identifies himself as a Puerto Rican, but he has light-white skin and blazing red hair. We like to joke that he’s not PR at all, and he’s really 100 percent Irish.</p>
<p>It definitely helped him, and it will help you.</p>
<p>n.b. that Yale will still hold you to very high standards, though.</p>
<p>Sad, that it helps.</p>
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<p>Sounds reasonable to me.</p>
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<p>Yes. If you marked Hispanic in any combination you will be considered as a URM candidate.</p>