<p>Calling all Minorities (URMs) </p>
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<p>Where are you????????</p>
<p>Do I have any URMs applying to the Ivies or new Ivies??
Please post your GPA, class rank, ECs, Recs, school choices, etc. Please don't be shy! I'm a little curious as to the competition that I'm up against.</p>
<p>Please do not waste your time on this post if you are not a URM. No hard feelings. Good luck with your college apps. (where ever you are in the process)</p>
<p>What does URM stand for?</p>
<p>Was this not already posted? Lol</p>
<p>URM stands for Underrepresented Minorities</p>
<p>Well, does hispanic count? And I haven't seen this thread before...</p>
<p>yes, hispanic counts...</p>
<p>There a lot of controversy about: If Filipinos are URMs.</p>
<p>I mean sure, they are "Asian/Pacific Islanders"</p>
<p>But, honestly, how many Filipinos do you see at Ivy Leagues. None.</p>
<p>I'm in a way a URM, but not by race. Instead, I'm a URM by geographic location (thus a URS). I live in Montana and am white. Applying to Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, UPenn.</p>
<p>What counts as an URM region? What states are those?</p>
<p>Some of the major URS (under represented states) are: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Any international student is generally underrrepresented as well.</p>
<p>Darn. xD I live in Texas. I am applying to Yale, though. And Columbia. Stanford too. >_<</p>
<p>African-American male in Lompoc, CA (predominantly white and Hispanic)
GPA: 3.83
Rank: 27 (top 8%)
ECs: Superior Court internship (with judge, clerk, and assistant DA), annual book drive that collects and distributes boooks to elementary schools and children shelter (run by myself and siblings), Soccer, Track, NHS, Debate Club, Math Club, Chamber Choir, National Achievement Scholarship semifinalist, American Legion Boys State delegate
Recommendations: Superior Court justice, head of Marks house (a shelter for abused women and their children), school dean, math department chair
SAT: 710 writing, 670 reading, 650 math (retaking in December), 750 US History, 760 Literature, 650 Physics, took Math II in November
APs: Calculus AB, US History, Physics, Chemistry, English
Schools of choice (in no particular order): UC Berkeley, Morehouse, Columbia, Cornell, USC, Harvard, Stanford, MIT</p>
<p>Native Alaskan Male from alaska
GPA:3.9 (unwieghted)
Rank: Top 4 or 5
SAT: 1900
APs: Bio, U.S., Stats, and English Lit.
ECs: NHS Officer, Class Officer all four years, Editor of school newspaper, Karate, Piano (10 years), 10-15 hours a week volunteering after school., oficer inchool community service club.
Schools I'm applying to: Brown, Northwestern, Dartmouth, Tufts, BU, U Mass Amherst, George Washington U., AMerican U.</p>
<p>I don't think being from an underrepresented region has at all the same "hook" quality that being a URM does. Please.</p>
<p>Ranked 10/507
GPA: 96.84/100 Weighted.
Right now I'm taking: AP Bio, AP Calculus AB, AP Government, AP English Lit, Webmastering, Academic Decathlon, and Economics.</p>
<p>Have taken: AP World History, AP US History, AP Spanish IV, AP English Language, and AP Psychology. I've only passed two AP exams, a 3 on the English and a 5 on the Spanish. Rest are 2s. But I'm not submitting my scores to USC since it's optional.</p>
<p>Race: Hispanic, First Generation College student</p>
<p>Clubs:</p>
<p>Academic Decathlon - 3 years on the team
Teen Court - 2 years
Junior Historians - 2 years
SADD - 1 year
Link Crew - 1 year
National Honors Society - 2 years</p>
<p>Volunteer Work:</p>
<p>Brandenburg Elementary School
Salvation Army
Union Gospel Missionary</p>
<p>SAT: 1850
600 Math
620 Reading
630 Writing
I re-took it yesterday, but I don't think I did better than before...</p>
<p>SAT II:
590 Literature
760 Spanish
610 US History</p>
<p>Re-taking Lit and Spanish in December.</p>
<p>Applying to: Stanford, Columbia, USC, Boston University, NYU, University of Dalllas.</p>
<p>I'm not sure I understand why being a minority helps you. Can someone explain that for me?</p>
<p>Nickel: Study the last 40 years of civil rights legislation in the United States. Affirmative action was established to remedy years of segregation, discrimination, and oppression of people of color (eg: Native Americans, Blacks, Latinos).</p>
<p>Uh oh.......</p>
<p>Transfer Applicant</p>
<p>-Male
-Puerto Rican
-Current School: Univ. Southern California
-GPA: 3.8-3.9
-SAT I: 790 (v) 670 (m) 740-12 (w)
-SAT II: 720 (US History) 620 (Math I) 710 (Literature)
-High School GPA: 3.8 UW
-Recommendations: History Professor, Music Theory Professor, Music Director of Maryland Symphony
-Supplements: Professional level recording of solo cello playing with orchestra accompaniment; Video of me conducting USC Concert Orchestra (Mozart 41, I)
-Schools: Harvard, NYU, Yale, Dartmouth, Mannes, Northwestern, UPenn, Columbia, Cornell</p>
<p>lol no need for the "uh-oh," I didn't mean to sound uppity.</p>
<p>I just meant, here we go...another AA thread.</p>