Am I a URM?

Colleges & Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Are Chaldeans URM? They are middle-eastern.</p>

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<p>What does URM mean?</p>

<p>EDIT: nvm, I figured it out o_O No idea though, sorry =/</p>

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<p>I don’t believe so. URM usually stands for African Americans, American Indians, Native Alaskans, Pacific Islanders and Hispanic Americans. I believe Chaldeans are denoted as “white” on ethnicity.</p>

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<p>Still it doesn’t matter if you are a URM or not when you apply to UMich. UM banned affirmative action.</p>

<p>URM means under-represented minority</p>

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<p>No, you are not.</p>

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<p>cdz, Michigan did not ban race as an admissions factor, it merely stopped assigning a specific weight to it.</p>

<p>At any rate, Middle Easterners are NOT, I repeat, Not considered a minority to start with, so no, they are not an URM. This said, even if they were identified as a minority, they would probably still not be under-represented.</p>

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<p>Alexandre, you are so rarely wrong… but the voters of the State of Michigan passed a referendum banning the use of race as a factor in college admissions. While it appears that there are still some preferences given from alumni groups for scholarships, etc. and they still try to recruit URMs, they are not allowed to use racial factors to give admissions preferences.</p>

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<p>fredmar, U-M can still consider various factors that would produce a diverse study body, including someone from an underrepresented background in a given field/industry.</p>

<p>FEDERAL LAWS trump local laws. The university still must meet guidelines mandated by the federal government.</p>

<p>Here is an example from one of the graduate schools at U-M:</p>

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<p>fredmar, although the uhniversity cannot openly use race as a direct factor, admissions officers at Michigan will continue to value diversity and will continue to aim for well rounded classes. A Native American student with a 3.6 unweighed GPA and a 29 on the ACT WILL ALMOST ALWAYS be chosen over a caucasian or Asian American student with similar stats. Why? Because Caucasian students and Asian Americans are well represented and Native Americans are not. So race still plays a part in the decision making process, even if not explicitly so.</p>

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<p>If what you say is true Alexandre, then the University is in direct violation of the Michigan constitution, which was amended to ban the use of racial preferences in 2006. Now what I believe the University does to get around this is to employ a form of geographic diversity, where they give preferences to applicants from towns and neighborhoods with a high percentage of URMs. See [From</a> the Daily: A faction in the fraction | The Michigan Daily](<a href=“http://www.michigandaily.com/content/daily-faction-fraction]From”>From the Daily: A faction in the fraction). But giving prefences based on the race of indivual applicants would be illegal.</p>

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<p>^^ University of Michigan is not violating anything. Federal laws trump local and state laws.</p>

<p>U-M is committed to obtaining a diverse student body (geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds)</p>

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<p>And? Your post is not relevant to anything I wrote.</p>

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Ahh I see. </p>

<p>Essentially, UM still see what your ethnicity BUT it won’t give you a “boost” like affirmative action (in other word you won’t be given preference over a more qualified application).</p>

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<p>@ chinaismine </p>

<p>Uh, yeah it was. Read it again. You’re the one saying that Michigan is violating the state constitution (and you are incorrect.)</p>

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<p>That is not what I said, try reading my post again.</p>

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<p>Folks, there is no reason to debate this point. It is a well documented fact that diversity improves the quality of education and as such, Michigan will always seek a diverse student body. I personally agree that the old point system that Michigan used was not effective and often unfair. However, I hope universities never stop giving some consideration for racial and economic background. A university must make every effort to attract a good mix of people. It is also unfair to expect a child raised in a lower income and less educated family to be as accomplished as a child raised in a wealthy family where both parents attended top universities.</p>