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BTW Spanish and Hispanic are very different. One is European the other is not. I think if your a try a little harder that you will suddenly recall with amazing detail that Bube was actually from South America.

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I doubt Spanish counts as Hispanic.

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<p>Both college admissions, which uses the US Census definition, and NHRP include Spain as Hispanic countries. Other scholarships may or may not include Spain, you need to check the college websites.</p>

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Because you are descended from a Latin Speaking country, or 25% Latino. So now you qualify for many other scholarships and applications.

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<p>25% is the threshold for NHRP while some other scholarships use 50%, you need to check the websites; college admissions does not use a percentage.</p>

<p>Now that that’s cleared up. I think the OP should consider two things:</p>

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<li><p>College admissions uses the census definition of Hispanic, which is that the applicant ‘identifies’ as Hispanic. While many scholarships, like NHRP, use a threshold percentage of Hispanic background to qualify, college admissions does not. So it is up to the OP to determine if having “recently learned” of their Hispanic background, do they in fact ‘identify’ as Hispanic?</p></li>
<li><p>Just checking the box is only the first step, all Hispanics are not considered equal. For some discussion of the other factors that colleges look at within the pool of Hispanic candidates, see post #2 here and the other link given:</p></li>
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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/1229462-does-being-hispanic-have-any-impact-all.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/1229462-does-being-hispanic-have-any-impact-all.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>x-posted w/soso</p>