Hispanics considered URMs?

collegeboundin08_2
Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:41:54 +0000

Technically they’re not a race in and of themselves (can be Caucasian, black, etc.), even though the college check boxes paint it out that way. I check Caucasian because I’m Iranian, but Iranians in the country are a minority (as to whether they are UR, I have no idea). However, I stated it somewhere in my app, mostly because never meeting that half my family has to do with identity.

I’ve seen a couple people on the “accepted” thread with stats quite close to mine and other factors about where I’d rate mine. Incidentially they were both Hispanic. So am I thinking unrealistically when I think that I have a decent shot as well?