Are Vietnamese considered URM's?

<p>I've been reading about this in other threads and I would like someone to clarify. Are they or are they not? I'm asking because I am Vietnamese so it would be great to have an advantage. I heard that it depends on your socioeconomic status as well, and since I am low-income (less than 20k a year) I really hope it will help. I know at UC's they don't look at race but what about private schools like Stanford or the ivies? Do they see Vietnamese as an underrepresented ethnicity?</p>

<p>Vietnamese are over-represented, especially in California.</p>

<p>hi virtuoso_735, im vietnamese too but I must agree with flopsy.. California has like the biggest Vietnamese community compared to any other parts of US so I guess there are too many vietnamese already:)..Also, many schools are taking in alot of vietnamese so it really depends on where you are applying..There will still be that consider vietnamese as URM:)</p>

<p>I ask myself the same question when I'm filling out application. Do I fill in the "Asian/Pacific Islanders" and get stuck in the overachieving group or do I be daring and check the "Other______" and write in Vietnamese? Vietnamese shouldn't be in the "overachieving Asian" category, not putting down our people here, but we're facing as much adversity as any underrepresent minority. The traditional Asian overachievers are Japanese and Chinese, and to some degree Korean, descent. Viet, Cam, Phil, and Laos are Asian minority group that is having difficulty adjusting in because we're new immigrants.</p>

<p>College admissions officers realize this to some extend, and it can be favorable toward you as a Viet in a case-by-case situation. However, when summarizing the statistical data of the student body, College can't give Viet, or any ethnic group, their own piece of the pie chart so we get lump in the Asian. And since most school have certain cut off percentage of Asians they should have at their institution, this will affect us negatively as a whole. So in the end, we're not URM in the general sense of the word.</p>

<p>Hi, I am vietnamese as well. tbhnams, how do you know that schools are taking in more Vietnamese? If you know more about it, would you happen to know about Upenn, and the Vietnamese acceptance rate?</p>

<p>But it seems like you are vietnamese living in US rite? Are you considered PR or something coz it will be really different. Upenn really depends on whether you are asking for finaid or not. Most people that I know that applied there seek aid and NONE of them has been accepted. I'm not really sure about those without finaid..sorry</p>

<p>Agreed with flopsy.</p>

<p>Orange County itself has the largest concentration of Vietnamese in the entire world outside of Vietnam.</p>

<p>Reddune: What about the opposite argument? Since they are new immigrants, wouldn't there be more incentive/pressure for socioeconomic advancement?</p>

<p>By the looks of a flourishing community, it doesn't seem to be facing that much adversity.
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“Just alone here in Little Saigon there are 4,000 businesses, and there are 50,000 businesses all over the state, up and down the state of California,” said Governor Schwarzenegger, at a speech in Westminster, Calif. “The Vietnamese community, through their businesses, are contributing 6.6 billion dollars to our economy.”

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