Do minorities have an advantage when applying to Columbia?

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<p>Hello,
I am a minority who is first generation born in the United States and can speak the language of the country where my parents were born.</p>

<p>Here are my stats so far (I will start my senior year in September):
GPA Weighted: 4.1
GPA Unweighted: 4.0
SAT-2210
Subject Tests: Preparing to take in october (math 1 and biology m)
A bunch of extracurricular activities with leadership positions
Volunteering for 3 hours at hospital each week
Summer job working for technology department at my school and tutoring kids in summer school</p>

<p>Do you guys think that these stats are enough to get into Columbia College, and does being a first generation bilingual minority an advantage?</p>

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<p>you have to define "minority"...not all minorities are created equal ....asians are a "minority" but they by no means have any sort of advantage due to their status when applying to college (some might argue they have a disadvantage).</p>

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<p>I'm sorry, my definition of minority is vague. What I mean my minority is someone who is underrepresented in colleges.</p>

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<p>I have common sense. That's underrepresented in colleges. However, I'm not going to get preferentially admitted on that basis.</p>

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<p>If you're a racial minority that's underrepresented, like latino, black, native american, etc., then you have an advantage.</p>

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<p>the term is URM, under-represented minority.</p>

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<p>Don't expect to coast on it though. The grass is always greener on the other side but the fact is there are plenty of URMs with your stats that still get rejected.</p>

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<p>"I'm sorry, my definition of minority is vague. What I mean my minority is someone who is underrepresented in colleges."</p>

<p>as C02 said if you're black, hispanic or native american yes you have an advantage, if you have ancestors from brunei or laos it makes less of a difference. If you were directly from brunei (citizen and all) and columbia didn't have anyone from there then too you'd have a diversity advantage, it adds to the number of nationalities they say their undergrads represent. Simply having a rare heritage doesn't count for much in the admissions process.</p>