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Originally Posted by minnesotasam
Depends on what minority, but it's always a little helpful. When you say "Spanish" you mean from Spain? It'll probably only make a minimal difference.
Yes, Spain. My dad's dad was 1/2 Spanish, his mom full, so he's 3/4 Spanish, my mom is anglo-saxon whatever, so I'm 3/8 Spanish, 37.5%. Government considers anyone above 25% Hispanic ethnicity, including peoples of Spain, minorities in the U.S.
I guess partly I'm just confused how this government classification of me as a minority at least in the context of these specific scholar designation brackets for undergrad admissions (National Merit, National Hispanic, National Achievement for blacks), translate into other areas of my life. Like when I applied to this Econ program geared toward minorities, they basically just accept your implied declaration of minority status at face value, because to question actual lineage would be highly un-politically correct. But I have no idea how law school admissions would look at this/consider this.
Thanks for your responses, e1.