Hispanic half black half white?

entomom
Thu, 07 Nov 2013 21:36:45 +0000

If you look at the CA (which uses the US Census definitions), you will see that for college admissions, students with Brazilian backgrounds aren’t considered Hispanic.

Racially, from the information you have provided, you could mark the Black/AA, AI/AN and white categories. AA is considered URM for college admissions. NA/AN is also considered URM, however this category is mainly aimed towards students with North American tribal affiliations; and colleges are more strict about documentation of status for this group.

How much being a URM might help you in college admissions depends on many other factors. See the threads linked to in the Resources sticky thread at the top of this forum under Hispanic Applicants and College Admissions for some discussion (some of the factors are Hispanic specific, others are more general).

Scholarships can be different as programs have their own definitions of Hispanic. For instance, Brazilian background qualifies for NHRP. You need to check each scholarship for their specific definition.