<p>Since race is self-identified on most forms including the US census and the common application you can put down hispanic if you want. For scholarships or awards it might be more stringent. </p>
<p>For example, to qualify for the National Hispanic Recognition Program “you must be at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnic category, not a racial category; you may be of any race. For purposes of the NHRP, you must be from a family whose ancestors came from at least one of these countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay or Venezuela.” If and how they check that you qualify is beyond me.</p>
<p>I don’t see how they could argue you being a different race or ethnicity than the one you identify with and I highly doubt they would. Although it holds weight, race isn’t a particularly significant factor in college admissions.</p>
<p>There are several good, incredibly in depth articles on the topic and it’s relation to college.
For Hispanic specifically:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/641650-hispanic-latino-defined-aka-am-i-hispanic.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/hispanic-students/641650-hispanic-latino-defined-aka-am-i-hispanic.html</a>
For race in general (Much more in depth):
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1366406-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-10-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1366406-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-10-a.html</a></p>