<p>Absolutely, I don’t think you’ll find anyone here who says that there is a specific “Hispanic experience”, just as there isn’t a mold for any other ethnic or racial group. Take a look at some of the other threads on this forum and you’ll see a variety of outlooks, circumstances, etc.</p>
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<p>Three different posters have stated on this thread that large bumps in SAT scores don’t appear to go to middle class, privileged Hispanic students:</p>
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<p>As a matter of fact, I often tell Hispanic students who are obviously well off financially (eg. they state their family income, they’re not applying for FA, they attended expensive summer programs, etc.) that they shouldn’t expect to be accepted to selective schools with lower stats that non-URM candidates.</p>