<p>I'm a black male from Canada, born in Nigeria</p>
<p>I really don't see why I shouldn't get the URM boost, I'm adding to the black population at the school and I've had my own fair share of racism for the colour of my skin. If you think Canada is any better than the USA in that regard, you're sadly mistaken.</p>
<p>Just wanna know if I'll get the URM boost, I'm applying to Duke ED right now.</p>
<p>Your international status trumps it all. Internationals are in a tough pool. Maybe not for Canadians, though.</p>
<p>But also try to drop the entitled attitude however. It’s unbecoming</p>
<p>I’m not acting entitled, I’m trying to take what I can get. I have good enough scores for the schools I’m applying to but wanna see if URM status will push me over the edge.</p>
<p>I want a reputable source on this issue basically.</p>
<p>You are not a URM. The URM label is used for blacks in the US who were repressed through history.</p>
<p>Nosike - I just checked your post history and see you’ve asked this question, in one form or another, quite a few times on CC, and get rather argumentative when you receive answers that you don’t like. As you’ve been told repeatedly, you’re an African international, not AA or a URM.</p>
<p>Good luck ! (I mean that sincerely and wholeheartedly)</p>
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<p>Eh…shaky reasoning for AA.</p>
<p>Meh, we’ll find out.</p>
<p>So I suppose international Asians aren’t ORMs then?</p>
<p>They do get a slight boost.</p>
<p>Internationals of all sorts are over represented at selective colleges nosike. Asian, European, African, etc. They are all in a tough group when it comes to top US colleges. Like I said, if you’re Canadian, some colleges don’t pool you with other internationals. As for being black and from Canada— like YOU said: who knows?</p>
<p>But then it’s curious that you’ve asked this question more than once…</p>