<p>is it advantageous to be an indian in an all white community or not? Am i compared to all the other indian applicants in my area? all hte indian applicants in total? or in comparison to others in my school? the second would be the worst, that means im being compared to all the IIT rejects whose safeties are the ivys..ahh..does being indian help my shot at dartmouth, northwestern, and schools of that caliber?</p>
<p>no, unfortunately being Indian is the worst for college admissions. Too much competition and you are compared to the applicants in general.</p>
<p>bye bye ivy ..ugh.</p>
<p>but then again applicants from india have al lthe math and science but not as much teh verbal..not that many have the combination..hopefully i can get some leway on that. but yeah that sucks.</p>
<p>You'll be compared to all the students (probably not URMs), but not internationals. It's even tougher for them. I don't think it helps being Indian, but it doesn't hurt either. You should focus on other things..</p>
<p>idk. my guidance counselor was telling me that me applying from my area (everyone's white and mostly jewish) would help.but yeah, thats probably in teh part of the selection process where htey compare you w/ everyone who applied from your area or something.</p>
<p>I really don't think the type of area you live in is looked at unless you come from a bad neighborhood and you've overcome great odds to get where you are now. And even then you might not get accepted considering other parts of your application.</p>
<p>North American Indian = Huge Hook
From the subcontinent = Application Killer</p>
<p>Are you serious!?!? I'm a North American Indian :)</p>
<p>North American Indian as in Native American, right? Do you guys think that this disadvantage (or better put, lack of an advantage) applies to people from South Asia in general (e.g., Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc)</p>
<p>being a Native American is an advantage because it is a URM. but then again, don`t fully depend on your ethnicity. numbers still matter.</p>
<p>sry i meant indian as in from the indian subcontinent..sry for the confusion</p>
<p>I think it neither hurts nor helps. Some people think that it hurts, but I think its more because of the overabundance of math-science types. Indians who are intereted in hummanities or are non-stereotypical have as great a shot at elite colleges as any non-URM.</p>
<p>This is kind of a lost cause... you were born whatever you are... work with it.</p>
<p>you shouldn't be worrying over whether its an adv or not...there's obviously very little you can do with it, unless you're from some remote village in se asia, and you had to walk 3 miles to school in floods to educate yourself against the odds, or you're a kathak dancer with the bharatnatyam, or a gay indian activist...it can set you apart from US applicants, esp at schools that are big on diversity, but not unless you have the stats to back it up. being indian alone won't help you, but i don't think it'll harm your chances either, unless the college you're applying to has a large concentration of students from the sub-continent...check on their websites</p>
<p>im curious as to whether being indian at a college where asians are actually a URM like colgate and bates will help you get accepted</p>
<p>i mean , i know indians are all geniuses and have like 1500 SAT's but at Colgate and Bates, the percent of Asians is like 3-5%.... so im pretty sure you they have an edge...... but at like harvard and yale, being indian probly will hurt you</p>
<p>Just being Indian won't hurt you at all. Being Indian, especially male I think, and applying to MIT or something with an 800M 700- V in math/sci/tech fields...now that hurts you. Not that you're Indian but that there's 89594776 people out there just like you. But if you're an Indian who "doesn't fit" the "stereotype," like not going into pre-med or engineering, it's not bad at all! Yeah stereotypes suck.</p>
<p>colleges dislike when indians go into pre-med or engineering?</p>