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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Please help a mother out. Her Father is hispanic so she's half. Is this helpful to her on applications? If so, why?[/quote]

From the analysis I've seen, it helps a little, but not nearly as much as being black.

https://www.nas.org/images/documents/report_affirmative_action_at_three_universities.pdf

From the report: "Chart 5 shows the odds ratios for admission of minority applicants as compared to white applicants with similar academic and residential qualifications. The odds ratios are derived from a logistic regression analysis which controls for SAT/LSAT scores, gpa, and, for UVA and NCS, residence. As such, the odds ratios compare the odds of admission among equally- qualified applicants.
The odds ratio for blacks compared to whites at NCS is 13 to 1, but at UVA it is 106 to 1 and at William &Mary 267 to 1. In other words, at UVA the odds of a black student being admitted is more than 100 times the odds of admission of a white student with the same qualifications. The odds of admitting a black applicant at William & Mary is more than 250 times the odds of admitting an equally-qualified white applicant.
The odds ratios for Asians at all three schools are less than one, meaning that Asians are less likely to be admitted than equally-qualified whites (the odds ratio for Asians at UVA is not statistically significant). The odds ratios for Hispanics are 2.8 and 1.9 at UVA and NCS, respectively, but less than one at W&M."[/quote]

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