Are Indians or Indian Americans considered minorities

Colleges and Universities A-Z Harvard University
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<p>Are indians from India considered as unreprepresented minorities? A friend of mine from pvt school who is an honors student with with only one AP and average sats got an interview form Harvard.</p>

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<p>No. they are considered Asians, which are not underrepresented minorities.</p>

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<p>Everyone gets an interview, as long as there is one available in that region, regardless of application strength.</p>

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<p>No, like the other posters said, Indians are not URMs, and receiving an interview doesn’t indicate anything about your chances.</p>

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<p>Nope, we’re ORMs, sadly.</p>

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<p>It’s not sad that we’re ORMs. It just sucks that race is taken into account at all.</p>

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<p>American Indians = Native Americans = URM, very very URM </p>

<p>Indians from India = Asian Indians = ORM, very very ORM </p>

<p>^sfdesigirl, race can be taken as a parameter, just as legacy, science/math talent, kids with great or rich parents, … are taken as parameters in their consideration. you shouldn’t complain about this just because it acts against your interest, because you may complain if a particular kind of people dominates the campus life.</p>

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<p>There are LOTS of Indians at Harvard, apparently. A few of my family members have gotten in, I got that info from them. And yeah, we do fall under the Asian category… because Indians are Asian.</p>

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<p>Indians from India and Indians from US (Indian Americans, not to be confused with Native Americans) are minorities but not URM. They are very very ORM like Japanese, Chinese and Koreans. Vietnamese, Cambodians and the like are URM along with African Americans and Hispanic Americans.</p>

<p>That said, there are plenty of Indian Americans at Ivies. My son attended UPenn. When he matriculated in 2006, a quarter of the students at Penn are Asians. There is no discrimination in placing Indians in ORM, just a larger interst of fairness and equity for all ethnic groups.</p>

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<p>Harvard interviews almost everyone who applies.</p>

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<p>Indians from India are classified as ORMs, and Harvard interviews are based on availability.</p>