<p>Do grad schools have any sorts of affirmative actions towards underrepresented minorities? (my inclination is no, but i'd like to hear from the others.)</p>
<p>I think it is less so than for undergraduate programs if it does exist.</p>
<p>I think it really depends on the field. For example, education programs are probably more eager to do AA than econ programs.</p>
<p>It depends really. If you're talking about a private university, then probably yes.</p>
<p>there is tons of literature that states something like, "applicants from minority groups are encouraged to apply".</p>
<p>i know that for many fellowships, there are non-numbers-based fellowships that are given to, if u read between the lines, under-represented applicants.</p>
<p>So say for math (:P), would african-americans and hispanics still be advantageous? And Asians are still harder to get into good grad schools? What about male/female ratio?</p>
<p>For law school, there is huge affirmative action (for URMs). I would assume significantly less at normal graduate schools. For an MBA, I'd assume less because of the deemphasized nature of grades and scores (although women probably get a significant boost). At medical school, I assume there is a moderate amount of affirmative action fpr URMs.</p>
<p>Many graduate programs do indeed have extra opportunities for underrepresented minorities. For example, if I have a strong minority candidate for my (humanities) program (at a public university), I can petition the Graduate School for an extra assistantship for that candidate.</p>
<p>But it varies from program to program, and from university to university.</p>