<p>While there is some confusion about whether Portuguese via Brazil are Hispanic (NHRP includes them but the CA does not), direct descent from Portugal is not included in either NHRP requirements or the US Census definition, which is what is used for college admissions (see post #1 of the sticky thread about the definition of Hispanic).</p>
<p>Hispanic is an ethnicity and is completely separate from race, and Hispanics can be and are of any race(s).</p>
<p>You can expand upon your background in the Additional Information section of the CA.</p>