Should my kids check the Hispanic box on their applications.

Applying to College Hispanic Students
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<p>I have moved this to the Hispanic Students forum.</p>

<p>Your S is marking honestly, there will be no problem. NHRP uses 1/4 as their threshold and the wording of the CA, which is based on the US Census, does not have a threshold, just whether or not you identify as Hispanic.</p>

<p>As far as how much being Hispanic will affect this college admissions, see post #2 and the other thread it links to for some discussion of what adcoms look at within the Hispanic cohort:</p>

<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;