<p>if anyone could help, that would be great, thanks</p>
<p>under represented minority</p>
<p>under represented minority
like african-american, hispanic, puertorican, mexican, and native american etc.</p>
<p>ok thanks, it kept popping up in some chances thread and i never realized...thansk again!</p>
<p>I hear about URM giving people a real big advantage. But what if you are URM whose parents' income is in the highest bracket? Does the URM status have any bearing then on admissions?</p>
<p>it really shouldn't since most colleges use a need-blind process, whereas the UC's don't consider URM status. Also, if you go to a private school (granted some have fin aid), then your URM status might not be of much help since you really aren't defeating any obstacles.</p>
<p>It helps regardless of income bracket. There was a recent thread on CC of a wealthy black girl from Andover with mediocre grades and an 1850 SAT score getting into Harvard.</p>
<p>That is most likely not true. For starters, Andover is one of the best prep schools in the country and one does not pay the big dollars for and walk away with a 1850 SAT score (they could sleep their whole 4 years and still end up with a higher score).</p>
<p>Don't believe everything you hear because it most of it could be untrue.</p>
<p>URM is URM, regardless of income.</p>
<p>Case in point: 4 students from same "top" HS apply to same Ivy. The only 1 that gets accepted is URM with SAT scores hundreds lower than other 3, lower GPA, & average ECs. FATHER IS A DOCTOR.</p>
<p>Certainly not what the intention of URM is</p>
<p>Yes, URMs do not typically get into college because of social justice. Rather, they get in because diversity is big, and colleges want to have rainbow campuses for all the wrong reasons.</p>
<p>If it were about social justices, then all poor, disadvantaged applicants, whether they were black or white, Asian or Hispanic, Jewish or gentile, would get a small boost in admissions. No, the poor ORMs and whites get the shaft, while blacks, Hispanics, and other minorities, rich or poor, get considerable help.</p>
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it really shouldn't since most colleges use a need-blind process
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It is true that many of the most selective colleges and universities are need-blind, but the vast majority are not. :)</p>
<p>Yeah, srry about the innacurate info. forgot to elaborate. </p>
<p>Oh and to the other person who said it couldn't be true about the African American Andover girl, well it is true, right now it's just on the next page, here's the site, only she turned down Harvard and will be going to Duke:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=190588%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=190588</a>
and though it's not like me to exploit something like this, just doing it for factual defense, since I am a URM as well who is successful but is only credited with this fact with the characteristic of Hispanic attached to that profile.</p>
<p>reality check Tony88 -- the source you cite (CC) is, let's remember, anonymous, undocumented, unmoderated, and ... mmm ... often very creative. If you actually go back and read the thread, you'll see there's quite a bit of trolling going on. CC can be amusing, cathartic, even informative sometimes. But pleeeez don't think of it as a citable source.</p>
<p>Amen to everything Heavenwood said.</p>
<p>URM status should be means-tested. </p>
<p>I live in an affluent neighborhood. It’s a bit silly to think that the URMs in my neighborhood need to have special status while driving their BMWs to their private high schools.</p>
<p>A poor white or poor Asian kid should have special status, too.</p>
<p>This is an ancient thread, please don’t dig them up and post, there’s a current thread on race in college admissions where you can state your opinion.</p>
<p>x-posted w/m2ck</p>