<p>i definitely am hispanic-my whole family is cuban. However, I identified myself as an “other white:‘cuban’”</p>
<p>My question is: will I get lumped in with the Caucasians, and thus lose my URM status, or will I be considered a Hispanic?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>cubano, </p>
<p>Have you read post #1 of this thread and do you understand the relationship between race and Hispanic ethnicity?</p>
<p>Oye chico,
I don’t see ‘Other’ as an option on the common app.
Under demographics ques 1. Are you Hispanic or Latino (including Spain). Did you check yes or no?
ques 2. Regardless of your answer to the prior question, please indicate how you describe yourself (check one or more and describe your background) American Indian, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and White.</p>
<p>peraspera, if you click on white, it will ask you what kind of white you are…I chose “other” and put “Cuban”</p>
<p>Sent from my DROID X2 using CC</p>
<p>I did put Hispanic-cuban </p>
<p>Sent from my DROID X2 using CC</p>
<p>
No.
Yes.</p>
<p>^I was hoping that cubano would take the initiative of seeking that information from the primary sources located in post #1 that he was directed to, as I think the purpose of CC is to learn as opposed to a place to ask questions and blindly accept answers from internet strangers :(. </p>
<p>I will repeat ad nauseam:</p>
<p>MODERATOR’S NOTE: Before posting a question on this thread, please read post #1. It gives the definition of Hispanic used on college applications, and it describes the difference between the concepts of ethnicity and race. If that post does not answer all your questions, THEN post here.</p>
<p>The link to Census info in post #1 does not work anymore.</p>
<p>The primary source that answers the question is
[U.S</a>. Department of Education; Office of the Secretary; Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting, and Reporting Racial and Ethnic Data to the U.S. Department of Education [OS]](<a href=“http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2007-4/101907c.html]U.S”>http://www2.ed.gov/legislation/FedRegister/other/2007-4/101907c.html)
which is cited in the thread that is cited in post #1
:)</p>
<p>Thanks moku, I will fix that ASAP.</p>
<p>My daughter marked yes to Hispanic then specified Cuban. On question 2 she just marked white. I think either way is fine.</p>
<p>[peraspera, if you click on white, it will ask you what kind of white you are…I chose “other” and put “Cuban”]</p>
<p>So I was reading this thread and various stuff about race and ethnicity online, quite interesting stuff. What is someone had all hispanic friends, grew up in a hispanic neighborhood, spoke Spanish, could he or she be considered Hispanic? Since it’s a self-identification type of thing.</p>
<p>Hispanic self-identification is based on cultural/social family background. Just as racial self-identification is based on biological family background. </p>
<p>Self-identification =/= association.</p>
<p>Entomom, </p>
<p>How do schools check if someone is say “1/8th hispanic”?</p>
<p>They don’t. There is no threshold percentage for general college admissions. Colleges also don’t ask for proof of AA heritage, the one group that is asked for with any regularity is NA/AN, that’s because to qualify, an applicant has to be enrolled in a tribe. </p>
<p>This is not always true for scholarships and other programs. For instance, the NHRP limit is 1/4 Hispanic.</p>
<p>HSF states:</p>
<p>[Hispanic</a> Scholarship Fund](<a href=“http://www.hsf.net/innercontent.aspx?id=460]Hispanic”>http://www.hsf.net/innercontent.aspx?id=460)</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I don’t see any clarification on what this means.</p>
<p>Hispanic Heritage Fund says:</p>
<p>[Hispanic</a> Heritage Awards](<a href=“http://www.hispanicheritage.org/youth_faq.php]Hispanic”>Hispanic Heritage Foundation)</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>I’m not sure how to interpret this. Can the ‘one parent’ have any amount of Hispanic background?</p>
<p>Are Guyanese considered Hispanic?</p>
<p>Guyana was not a Spanish colony so it’s not Hispanic. But your ethnic/racial background could still be an asset in terms of diversity.</p>
<p>[Post</a> #2](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/7294040-post2.html]Post”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/7294040-post2.html) points out that the NHRP specifically states hispanic is not a race. Could someone explain to me how anyone could be 1/4 hispanic then? You either identify as hispanic or not. If you don’t, you’re not hispanic. If you do, then you’re 100% hispanic.</p>
<p>So does the NHRP want to confirm one grandparent’s (or two great-grandparents’, and so on) citizenship of a country on that list? But citizenship != ethnicity… My grandpa emigrated from Hungary to Canada and a great-grandpa left Germany for Mexico. Am I part Hungarian/German or Canadian/Mexican?</p>
<p>I think this may be part of the confusion. It definitely has me confused and I would greatly appreciate the opinions of the experts here.</p>
<p>
</p>
<p>Not exactly, as people can identify with more than one ethnicity/race/country of origin.</p>
<p>For your situation, if you identify as Hispanic from your great-grandparent, then you can be considered Hispanic for general college admissions purposes as that’s the US Census definition which the Common Application uses.</p>
<p>However, NHRP is a separate entity and can use whatever definition they see fit. Since at most you have a single great grandparent that is Hispanic, you are far less than 1/4 Hispanic and would not qualify.</p>
<p>Thanks for the quick response and good info. I purposefully left out my indigenous Mexican grandparents to help (hopefully) clarify my question about what “ancestors came from” means, rather than just to define my own situation.</p>
<p>Since my German ancestors lived in Jalisco for multiple generations, my mother grew up in the US with the household speaking Spanish (my grandparents only spoke German when they didn’t want their kids to understand). They also made many trips to see family. So genetically they are primarily German but culturally (especially in the US) they would be recognized only as Mexican.</p>
<p>I guess if people never moved this wouldn’t be an issue. For me it’s a non-issue, since I’m already more than 1/4 genetically. If you could indulge my curiosity, do you have any additional details about how the NHRP would evaluate an immigrant to one of the Hispanic countries?</p>
<p>I really don’t appreciate game playing or curiosity seekers. Members of this forum seek to present accurate information without assigning motivation. Try asking on the Race FAQ sticky thread (College Admissions forum), you should get lots of biased and misinformed input there.</p>
<p>Note: As a new member on an internet forum where credibility is of great value, being coy about the facts of your situation with long standing members is not a great way to establish yourself and solicit help.</p>
<p>Sorry if this seems harsh. If you take the time to look at the rest of the posts on this and other threads on this forum, you’ll see how many times I’ve answered similar questions. If other members want to respond, that’s great, but I’m just not up to it at this time. GL</p>