What do I put for my race on college applications?

Applying to College Hispanic Students
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<p>The OP is right, complexion, appearance, color of hair, etc. are not factors in race. </p>

<p>The vast majority of people from Spain and Italy are white; this is also reflected in the majority white (from Spain) racial composition of PR:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html[/url]”>https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2075.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>You can mark white and AI/NA (from your Taino background) as it includes “Original peoples of the Americas”, but don’t necessarily expect to be treated the same as members of NA tribes, for which this category is mainly aimed at.</p>