<p>^ Aren’t SE Asians URM? At least Indonesians, Malaysians, etc. They are really underrepresented at colleges. Other Asians such as the Chinese, Koreans, or Indians, however, I believe, do not count as an URM.</p>
<p>They are definitely underrepresented at colleges, but they aren’t considered URMs by colleges and don’t receive the advantages of AA in admissions.</p>
<p>But shouldn’t a well-functioning AA program give diversity consideration to SE Asians? Otherwise, what would be the point of it?</p>
<p>The flaws of AA could be and have been debated for hundreds of pages.</p>
<p>It could also be an idea for a college essay. Haha.</p>
<p>LOL southeast asians are NOT urm.</p>
<p>you can continue to tell yourself that… but no college (not even harvard, mit, yale etc.) considers se asians urm. </p>
<p>urm are generally: black, hispanic, middle eastern etc.</p>
<p>^ Not middle eastern. The usual three groups considered eligible for AA handicaps are African Americans, Native Americans and Hispanics.</p>
<p>^^ Middle Eastern count as Caucasians.</p>
<p>Depends. The problem with questions like this is that there is no definitive answer. I’ve seen people get into HYPS with C’s, and even D’s on their transcript (not lots, obviously). But they had explanations (illness, situations, etc), other good stuff going for them (high test scores, EC’s, w/e).</p>
<p>And other times people get rejected with straight A’s. </p>
<p>Your best bet would be not to worry about your grade and just move on and focus on other stuff. I empathize because as someone that’s pretty top-god tier in laziness and lack of work ethic, I could’ve easily made better grades.</p>
<p>Wellll my mom is Indonesian and she pulls off being Hispanic all the time.</p>
<p>:p</p>
<p>All jokes aside, I’d just seriously do some upward trending and you should be… alright.</p>
<p>I’ve already gotten 4 C’s in high school, I’m just going to work on a very high upward trend.</p>
<p>Okay… Seriously, its a C. Show improvement. Do something different. If you’re just an average applicant like everyone else, the C will look bad. BUT, if you do something different, have really good extra-curricular’s, and alot going for you, it won’t kill you. </p>
<p>Also, you’re a freshman. Princeton and Stanford don’t even look at freshman year grades. If you got a C junior year, I would be worried. Freshman year… eh…</p>
<p>I got 8 C’s and 2 D’s in high school and I’m not in pain. So they don’t hurt that badly.</p>
<p>I got a good amount of C’s as well in high school. Now, if you want to get into an Ivy, obviously don’t use me as your prototype. But just know that one C will definitely NOT hinder you from getting into a top school as long as you show improvement, upward grade trends, good test scores, and strong but not fluffy-just-so-I-can-pad-my-resume extracurriculars.</p>
<p>I think I got a decent number of Cs in high school (which is where I’m still at), as well as one D in a computer class. That was because I was out of school for two weeks, though. </p>
<p>All in all, I don’t think that simply “average” grades in high school are as much of a hindrance as some people will have you believe. There’s always a way to turn things around, and to get yourself into the school that you want to get into. </p>
<p>My GPA this year is only about 3.2 or 3.3, but I don’t see any logical reason as to why I should be barred entry to some of the more prestigious universities in the United States. I may not be able to get into an Ivy League school straight out of high school, but that doesn’t mean that I’m just going to give up on my education. All I have to do is adopt a better work ethic, keep a 4.0 my senior year, spend two years at a state university, get outstanding grades, then transfer off to a better school. I mean, that’s extremely simplified, but I know people who have done it, and I know people who are currently doing it. </p>
<p>You’ve got to work a lot harder than people who were thinking about their academic futures and maintained high grades all throughout high school, but you’re not totally without hope. </p>
<p>I’ll shut up now. Quite frankly, I don’t think a C is that big of a deal.</p>
<p>okay.</p>
<p>you can most likely say goodbye to HYPSM. i think one little mistake screws you over there. but you can get into other schools just a little lower.</p>
<p>source: personal experience</p>
<p>I really don’t agree with that at all… I’ve known people who have done miserably in high school, and have turned things around and gone to Ivy League schools. As I said, you’ll end up working a lot harder than people who tried all throughout high school, but you definitely shouldn’t rule those schools out just because you got one C in high school.</p>
<p>I always get C for sports (PE), but the rest are pretty much straight A.
Does PE even count?</p>
<p>lol^^^ PE. I got a C and my father didn’t like it. He went and spoke to my teacher to explain that I was for a week, but she didn’t care. </p>
<p>No it didn’t hurt me physically, probably my chance to get into ucla.</p>
<p>Edit: Spanish 2</p>
<p>I once saw a horror movie with Tatynana Ali in it.
Someone shoved a screwdriver into the eyeball of a manic serial killer clown.</p>
<p>Receiving a C hurts more than that.</p>