H just URM mailed me.. And I'm Asian

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<p>As the title suggests, I got a rather unexpected email from the UMRP folks. And I'm Korean. I have always marked my ethnicity as "Asian" in every standardized test I've ever taken, so it's not that H thinks I'm Hispanic or something either. So what's up with this? Any other Asians who got this email?</p>

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<p>Yes. (10char)</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1171449-i-found-out-harvard-considers-me-minority.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1171449-i-found-out-harvard-considers-me-minority.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>I actually did run into that thread, but I’m not sure if the OP of that thread is considered URM or just a minority. In this case it seems H thinks I’m URM.</p>

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<p>Looking for the others, but Asians have gotten “special attention” from Harvard.</p>

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<p>Yup. I’m an Asian. A Chinese Asian in the Bay Area. From my point of view, I can’t be any more part of the majority so I personally think the email is just another one of those fail recruitment things.</p>

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<p>We are a minority haha just not a URM</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, i know but we got URM-mailed, I mean what the heck.</p>

<p>I think I’ll just stop worrying about it :)</p>

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<p>I got that same URM email and am asian</p>

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<p>I got it as well, but it just says “Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program,” so it doesn’t necessarily mean URM.</p>

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<p>lol got that too. as you can guess by my name, i’m asian.</p>

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<p>I guess we’re still just a minority then. Aw, oh well. Let’s grill the UMRP guy who contacted us and enjoy the rest of the summer. :D</p>

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<p>It won’t change anything such as the Asian admission rate but may certainly increase the applicants pool and improve the selectivity…</p>

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<p>At Harvard, no improvement in selectivity worries me, it’s already the worst haha</p>

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<p>Has anyone responded to the email and got a better feeling? It would be interesting to know if they chose recipients based on PSAT score or not. </p>

<p>What are your PSAT scores?</p>

<p>239 for my S.</p>

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<p>^231 for me.</p>

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<p>231 for me.</p>

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<p>I’m 100% sure that a letter of this sort was sent out two years ago as well to any minority student scoring above a certain cutoff point on the PSAT. Asians are still minorities, you know ;).</p>

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<p>Harvard considers Asians as minorities but the admission percentages are capped.</p>

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<p>I got this e-mail, too.
But I just lol’d.</p>

<p>Harvard doesn’t need to recruit Asians. The Asians come to them!</p>

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<p>Any follow ups on this?</p>