Underrepresented Hispanic Myself

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The difference between an underrepresented Hispanic student, and an ethnic majority student is… nothing. There is really no difference, although those who aren’t minorities have more doors for a higher education, while an underrepresented hispanic student might have to jump through a window. I chose this identity because I identify myself under this integrity. I was born in Mexico, and not with much, for which I don’t feel hatred, since my family has demonstrated that luxuries are just a conscious we demonstrate to sense a better quality than others, they also teached me that the relationship between consumption (buying things) and happiness is not equal. Withal, United States for being a nation of diversity, the numbers indicate that Hispanic …show more content…
The requirements of my scholarship were that I needed to be a first generation student, with a high grade point average, and a charming cover letter. And being a first generation student was a “no biggie” for the simple reason that my parents were born in Mexico, and again coming from a not a wealthy family they had no better future than work. Their misfortune was my lucky strike. Thanks to them, I was eligible to the scholarship. I was also involved in many extracurricular activities, which gave me the gift of a strong relationship with the treasurer of the Storm Lake Program. Nevertheless, it took me sweat and tears, it was a hard path full of assignments, at the end I made my mama proud, and received a full ride for four years to the University of Iowa. The thing is that my situation is extraordinary rare, I got extremely lucky. Even students with a sophisticated and higher motivation than mine would still not get into any financial programs. The reason I started with this topic is to understand what’s really going on with underrepresented hispanic students not getting involved in the universities of the United
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