<p>People from families recently immigrated from Spain are not URMs.</p>
<p>^^Perhaps not, but that still does not mean that it is not a boost at some/many grad/professional schools.</p>
<p>BDM…I never thought people from Spain were URMs either until our D applied for college and filled out the Common App:</p>
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<p>This is from page 1 – the “Demographics” section. I can’t figure out how someone from Spain is different from any other European, but according to the Common App, they are. I have no clue if the demographics section on AMCAS or TMDSAS has the same qualifiers.</p>
<p>The thread had a pretty good discussion of it earlier, I think. AAMC used to list four specific ethnicities that counted as URM, and Spanish was not among them. While they no longer use such a categorical list, that’s likely the foundation for what most places do now. Anyway, the OP explained that usually these forms ask you to specify a Central or South American country of identification.</p>
<p>according to the aamc worksheet, the optional boxes to check are:</p>
<p>Hispanic, Latino, or of Spanish origin
American Indian or Alaska Native Asian
Black or African-American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander White
Other</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181674/data/application_worksheet.pdf[/url]”>https://www.aamc.org/students/download/181674/data/application_worksheet.pdf</a></p>
<p>realistically, this whole discussion is rather silly. If a school needs to boost the numbers of its Hispanic matriculants, it will do what it can to accomplish that goal to meet an institutional need. </p>
<p>Any thinking to the contrary is just plain illogical (and politically/organizationally naive).</p>
<p>They may use the census definition (which include those with origins in Spain):
[Hispanic</a> or Latino Origin](<a href=“http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_RHI725211.htm]Hispanic”>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_RHI725211.htm)</p>
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<p>My daughter is planning to take a gap year no matter what.</p>
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<p>I’m sure you’re right here. We just didn’t know that before coming to this forum. </p>
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<p>That is something we are very grateful for.</p>
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<p>“Fun” and “funny” are relative and subjective. Either way, I appreciate the advice that has been given.</p>
<p>I have already posted on this thread:</p>
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<li><p>Link to AAMCs current definition of underserved in medicine.</p></li>
<li><p>Link to BDMs actual calculations of MCAT/GPA/Lizzy score for all racial and ethnic caltegories (ie. MA, PR, Cuban, other Hispanic, multiple Hispanic).</p></li>
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