<p>if an out of state minority applicant would have the same chance as a regular in state applicant? or is it different? and does UVA consider hispanics a minority?</p>
<p>Hispanics are a underrepresented minority at UVA, but OOS minorities are not considered as instate "regulars." However, they do get some extra consideration. This does not it's easy for you to get in, but easier.</p>
<p>sorry, im not sure i understood the last sentence, can you please elaborate? lol</p>
<p>All minorities are considered minorities, but not all are underrepresented minorities. The data suggest that UVA only gives a boost to one group of underrepresented minorities - blacks. Hispanics receive little, if any, additional consideration. If you were black and OOS, you would probably receive a boost equal to or exceeding that of a typical instate applicant.</p>
<p>i'm sure he means "this does not mean it's easy (instate easy) for you to get in, but easier than a normal OOS applicant."</p>
<p>I meant that you will not be accepted easily, but the admission committee will consider you differently. It is because instaters get in with lower stats than out-of-staters, but minorities have special consideration.</p>
<p>Right on the nose, jags.</p>
<p>Ouch, cav. I guess I was mistaken then on the URM part.</p>
<p>From what I remember, URMs are compared among themselves. However, Hispanics are not typically going to have the lower stats, at least on the scale of African Americans. So when you're comparing them together you still have quite a few good students who are Hispanic, especially since even if you're a small part Hispanic you can check that box.</p>
<p>oh i see, but, blacks and hispanics are both minorities so why dont they just give them the same consideration? Plus, according to collegeboard.com, there are more blacks than hispanics, so hispanics would really be extremely underrepresented...that makes no sense..</p>
<p>Hispanics are underrepresented a little, and I suppose they don't add as much to the diversity as African and African Americans do. I think UVA consists of 4% of them.</p>
<p>Blacks are actually underrepresented as well. There are 20% of them in VA but only 10-13 percent at UVA from what I remember. This is much more underrepresentation than Hispanics, actually. In fact, I don't think any ethnic group at UVA is represented perfectly</p>
<p>wait a minute..sv3a, did you just say that hispanics don't add as much diversity? what's that supposed to mean? what exactly do you mean by "diversity"? because, i'm pretty sure our culture is just as diverse!</p>
<p>I believe that sv3a is referring to the fact that Hispanics account to only 6% of Virginia's population and 5% of UVA's. No one is questioning the diversity of the hispanic culture at all. It's just that hispanics are not as underrepresented as blacks. Which is technically a good thing if you think about it.</p>
<p>But according to collegeboard.com it says UVA's black representation is 10% as oppose to hispanics which is 4%...i dont get it...</p>
<p>The percentage of blacks in VA (19.9%) is a lot higher than hispanics( 5.7%)</p>
<p>are those %'s correct? if they are, then why are hispanics not getting the same treatment...?</p>
<p>Yes, African Americans are 20% of VA but only 10% of UVA, so they by far count as URMs. Hispanics are not as underrepresented as this discrepancy.</p>
<p>If the population of virginia consists of 60% whites, 20% blacks, 10% asians and 5% hispanics and 5% other, then you would want your schools to be 60% white, 20% black, 10% asian, 5% hispanic, and 5% other. </p>
<p>UVa already has about a 5% hispanic population. This means that while being hispanic makes you a minority, it doesn't make you underrepresented percentage wise - therefore you get no advantage.</p>
<p>Now for blacks, Uva has about 11%, but the population of virginia has 20% blacks. This means that UVa would need to admit many more blacks and less whites and asians (which are over represented) in order to accomodate them.</p>
<p>of course i think its a bunch of crap - but living in a politically correct world means you have to live with some unfortunate injustices.</p>
<p>Yeah, that's why blacks get huge AA benefits, while Hispanics do not. Of course, UVA is obviously an academic institution, which results in the overrepresentation of Asians and Jews. Asians actually face MORE selectivity because of this, essentially the opposite of AA.</p>
<p>oh.... i didnt know that uva based their decisions on quotas...that makes sense i guess</p>
<p>Guys, you're misusing the term "minority". Everyone at UVA who isn't white is a minority. The questions here are if those minorities are underrepresented minorities and if they will get a boost in admissions. And if you want to play a percentage game, whites - particularly gentile whites - are underrepresented as well. Additionally, the ethnic breakdown of the state is not the sole standard against which UVA's "racial diversity" is measured, given that UVA is only 70% instate. Hispanics are probably slightly underrepresented, as are white gentiles. Blacks are underrepresented slightly more, but the University already has extremely aggressive recruitment and retention measures in place and is firing on all cylinders to change that.</p>
<p>In the applicant pool, UVA probably is not seeing large numbers of Hispanics from California, Arizona, etc. applying, so they aren't pertinent to the numbers UVA would be looking for in terms of a Hispanic quota. That's why the in-state representation is much more accurate than the national 15% of whatever it is now. Similarily, the number of blacks in Virginia exceed the national average of 12% or so. UVA has something close to the national average, but since the majority of its attendants are from instate its more fair to assess the representation of blacks in terms of VA.</p>