<p>I'm Bengali. Does that make me a minority, or will colleges just classify me as "Indian"?</p>
<p>Is Indian not considered a minority at US universities? I’m being honest with my question…I really don’t know haha.</p>
<p>Are Indians not considered a minority in the application process? Same here, I really don’t know… LOL</p>
<p>I’d imagine Indian itself is a minority group, although I guess it depends on the university if you’re an over-represented minority or an under-represented minority. AKA, how much of an impact it has on your chances at getting in.</p>
<p>I mean I guess I can see how, for example, Asian could be an over-represented minority…at some schools.</p>
<p>While there are many minority groups, but only some are considered underrepresented in US colleges. And it also depends on the individual college, some schools have a difficult time recruiting and retaining URMs, so they may broaden their definition of what groups they will consider to increase their ‘diversity’.</p>
<p>At many top colleges, you’ll be an over-represented minority, meaning you face tougher competition in admissions. At some LACs, however, your minority status may help you.</p>
<p>Indian=Asian=OverRepresentedMinority. No admissions boost at most places, possible added admissions weight(harder to get in than whites).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Pub_Minding%20the%20campus%20combined%20files.pdf[/url]”>http://www.princeton.edu/~tje/files/Pub_Minding%20the%20campus%20combined%20files.pdf</a></p>
<p>I’m Bengali too loll. Yes we are minorities. Anyone that isn’t WHITE is basically a minority. Welcome to the club my friend :)</p>
<p>You are a minority, but you are not an UNDER REPRESENTED minority (URM). You will not get any advantage in admission for being Bengali.</p>
<p>What run2flyfree said. Bengali here too-Bengali=Indian=Asian=Very, very overrepresented Minority. We’re an ethnic minority, but as far as admissions go, face it. Asians apply in hordes.</p>
<p>That being said you may still get some small and subtle advantage over other Asians for being Bengali.</p>
<p>Whether or not you are over or under represented depends on the particular college you are marketing yourself to. Schools where you may get a boost would be places such as the midwestern LACs: Kenyon, St Olaf, Carleton, Macalester, Grinnell… Look up the racial/ethnic breakdowns for the colleges you are interested in to see if they are lacking in diversity.</p>
<p>Indian is a minority if you want to start a business but not for admission to colleges.</p>
<p>Indians are screwed for college admissions. :)</p>
<p>I’m Indian, and being Indian is the second biggest-disadvantage to being Chinese. I know several Bengali’s, and they along with the Asian’s and the rest of the Desi’s (Indian, Pakistani, Bengali), comprise most of the top 10% of our 800 student class.</p>
<p>Congrats, You are an Indian. Be proud and accept the fact that it is harder for you to get into a top 10 college</p>
<p>even if I don’t get an advantage, why would it be harder?? why would it be harder if you’re in a more competetive race? 
they just are more likely to except you if you’re a URM. they’re neutral for others…
right???</p>
<p>Not true. If a particular race is OVER represented, it will be more difficult to get in, as as it is easier to get in if you are UNDER represented. </p>
<p>Now, if your race is over-represented will depend on the college, and even still, it doesn’t hurt your chances much.</p>
<p>Let’s get this straight. Being Asian is a killer in the applicant pool. And by killer, you’re dead.
Because Asians are Overrepresented, it’s much harder to get into a top school if you’re Asian, unless you’re applying to a religious school. It also helps to have a “non-Asian” major, such as sociology or psychology, rather than the typical bio and engineering.</p>
<p>It’s not killer. The average accepted Asian isn’t much better than the average accepted [insert non URM race here]. You are in a more competitive pool if you are ORM at a school, but it’s not nearly as bad as you’re making it out to be. At the end of the day, the strength of your profile is what is important, not your race (unless you’re an URM, lol).</p>
<p>I was just reading another post about MIT admission data. It showed that, proportionally, Asians were accepted at a higher rate than whites.</p>
<p>See for evidence:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9899004-post8.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9899004-post8.html</a></p>