Am I URM?

I would say no. Your considered Caucasian.

I honestly think that like saying i'm white was born in Africa while my parents where on a safari, so i'm going to check the african american box lol. I honestly believe its about your family roots. I just wouldn't want you to get screwed when you show up to an interview and their like what the hell?!? haha..

I know we are all looking for that edge to push us over the edge, but if you have to ask, you probably know the answer. On the other hand, if the hardships of being hispanic or latino are associated with their environment, then maybe you do qualify. I find the whole "regardless of race" thing confusing. The only way to know is to call admissions and explain your situation.

I'd use it. Is your last name ethnic sounding? If you have to ask I don't think anyone else will question you about it.

if your name is Jose, then you qualify.

Most forms now specify 'Non-Caucasian Hispanic or Latino' as the option as of the last census.

are you serious, why would you be hispanic if your parents are white and from canada.

yeah if your grandma is from panama then you have your quarter latino in you but thats it. Would I be chinese/asian because I was born in China? Certainly not, except from the passport but that doesnt have anything to do with my ethnicity.

If you wanna play the minority card go with that quarter and it might do the job, but dont be suprised if people think you bullshit them because you are white as a piece of paper.

I'm 1/64th native american, I want my goddamn reparations y'hear!

Why would you ask a quesiton if you clearly have you mind made up? Anyone that says bad idea you have an excuse as to why it may work. Where you are born doesn't matter, your ethnicity does.

Do whatever you think is right. Don't try and get a small edge and get rejected because of it.

Just to add on to that, there are hispanics/latinos that don't "look" hispanic or latino, but were born and lived in their home country their entire lives. That's generally what's by meant by "hispanic / latino, regardless of race". I'd definitely call using a number other than your own (or *67) and ask before entering that.

Your right I know a girl that is 100% cuban but she like white as day lol.....

I think the trade-off here is pretty simple. Your morals vs a slight edge. I don't think you will get called out on it and/or have to justify "well just how hispanic are you?". But you will have to live with getting in using an unfair advantage, and always thinking that you might not have made the cut if not for your BS.

Dr Joe is right, but on the other hand if you technically fit within the description of a URM, you're not getting an unfair advantage, you're beating the system at its own game. That will earn you some applause from my side of the internet.

EDIT: Full disclosure, I'm against affirmative action.

Yes you are an URM. I would however never try to get an advantage using it. You end up in places where you did not prepare well enough if you try to game the system.

A ton of kids at my company with URM background all left or got fired within the 1st 18mos, because a lot of them were very unqualified or were perceived as such, which can make put a ton of unwanted pressure on you.

Technically, you are EITHER Caucasian or Hispanic/Latino for the applications. It's really your choice, which just goes to show how fluid it's becoming.

As you already know, "Hispanics/Latinos" technically means American citizens (and green card holders) who are originally from Central and South American countries (or whose parents were from there and emigrated to the US). And as you know, there's White Mexicans, Black Cubans, and Aboriginal Peruvians and Asian Brazilians. But they could still consider themselves "Hispanics/Latino".

For example, if Gisele Bundchen was a US citizen, she would either be classified as Caucasian, or Latino/Hispanic (same with Cameron Diaz).

Sammy Sosa (or any black Dominican) would be Latino/Hispanic if he became a US citizen, but could also claim to be "African-American" (if he could magically remember how to speak English).

Or Americans whose parents are Argentinian (of Italian or German heritage) - could also be considered Hispanic/Latino, or Caucasian.

It's just a very crude way of lumping people together. Sort of like how Indians and Japanese are both considered "Asian". And how Iranian-Americans consider themselves Caucasian.

Anyhow, for the purposes of b-school admissions, I think it's easy to overstate the importance of ethnicity. It's not irrelevant, but it's not as big a factor as you may think - especially if you don't have a long history of community/political/extracurricular involvement affiliated your heritage/ethnicity. In other words, it won't matter much if it's only skin deep; and will matter more if you have some a longer history of involvement in your community (but that would make you a stronger candidate regardless since it's extracurriculars that you would find meaningful anyhow).

I get questions like this once in a while from those with Native American ancestry. If you have it, it's worth checking the box, but knowing full well that it's not really going to make much difference if you are Native American in blood only and you haven't really done anything in your life with your Native American community (politics, nonprofit, cultural, arts, etc.).

The most important part of your raw profile is still your resume and GMAT/GPA.