Self-identification question

[ufcfanatic1997]

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I understand a lot of people have a hard time addressing questions similar to this but I am going to go ahead and ask-

My father is Asian (South Asian to be exact) and my name follows that. My mother is Latina. As far as what I look like, easily more Latino. Although, I am not fluent in Spanish, people will come up to me at the local Bodega and talk to me in Spanish. I grew up with my mom and a Hispanic heavy inner city.

In the South Asian culture, its a cultural norm to go with your fathers race, so that is what I have been doing this entire time.

What do I self-identify as? Hispanic, simply because I grew up with my mom, around Hispanics, and I look Hispanic.

But I don't want this to cause an issue during the application process. What would you guys advise me to do?

@Goro @LizzyM

 

[Goro]

You can che

I understand a lot of people have a hard time addressing questions similar to this but I am going to go ahead and ask-

My father is Asian (South Asian to be exact) and my name follows that. My mother is Latina. As far as what I look like, easily more Latino. Although, I am not fluent in Spanish, people will come up to me at the local Bodega and talk to me in Spanish. I grew up with my mom and a Hispanic heavy inner city.

In the South Asian culture, its a cultural norm to go with your fathers race, so that is what I have been doing this entire time.

What do I self-identify as? Hispanic, simply because I grew up with my mom, around Hispanics, and I look Hispanic.

But I don't want this to cause an issue during the application process. What would you guys advise me to do?

@Goro @LizzyM

You can check both.

 

[ufcfanatic1997]

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You can check both.

That's an option? Pre health advising on my campus recommended that I go with what I have been selecting previously: selected just Asian for my undergraduate applications and jobs that I have been working at. I want to be cautious because I don't want it to hurt me later on.

If selecting both is an option, I will definitely do that.

 

[Goro]

That's an option? Pre health advising on my campus recommended that I go with what I have been selecting previously: selected just Asian for my undergraduate applications and jobs that I have been working at. I want to be cautious because I don't want it to hurt me later on.

If selecting both is an option, I will definitely do that.

Yup

 

[Mr.Smile12]

If you self-identify with both, check both. The answer you give won't/shouldn't hurt you.

 

[ufcfanatic1997]

If you self-identify with both, check both. The answer you give won't/shouldn't hurt you.

I guess i'm just a little nervous because I've always marked down just Asian for job applications and things of that sort. I don't want it to come back and hurt me.

Also, in terms of chances to get into med school, does it help being mixed race?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I guess i'm just a little nervous because I've always marked down just Asian for job applications and things of that sort. I don't want it to come back and hurt me.

Also, in terms of chances to get into med school, does it help being mixed race?

It helps the bean-counters, but race/ethnicity issues are part of holistic review. It is too simplistic to reduce this one factor's effects across all the different admissions processes.