Does being a minority have as much weight in transfer admissions?

Transfer Students
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<p>I was wondering if being a URM has any effect on transfer admissions. I know that it can pull some weight in first year admissions. Just wondering if it's the same in transfer admissions.</p>

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<p>officially its not supposed to make a difference... but then theres the unofficial AA. my tip to u would be to not depend on ur race to getting into a top university. plus, you dont wanna think later once u get in that u only got in cause of ur minority status.</p>

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<p>I would think it's not as much because transfer students are filling empty spots. Grrr...this isn't coming out right. Let me try again: Chances are there's isn't a huge "need" for minority students for transfers, so it pulls less weight because getting a certain yield of minorities isn't an issue</p>

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I would think it's not as much because transfer students are filling empty spots. Grrr...this isn't coming out right. Let me try again: Chances are there's isn't a huge "need" for minority students for transfers, so it pulls less weight because getting a certain yield of minorities isn't an issue

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<p>That made perfect sense. Thanks. :)</p>

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<p>It probably carries a lot of weight. Many schools want their population to be representative of the population at large, in terms of race. Very few elite colleges have 10% black enrollment though. For the most part, schools are missing their goals for URM yields and any possibility to increase the numbers is a good thing.</p>

<p>Also, because of income disparity among races and the huge expense of college (even with FA and merit aid), cost is probably a substantial reason why URMs are underrepresented in the first place. Adcoms are probably going to be sympathetic to students who go to a cc or a ttt that gives tons of merit aid because of the cost of a four year school. They'd be extra sympathetic if that person was a URM.</p>