How much weight does URM status have?

Graduate School Law School
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<p>To confirm, yes, Puerto Rico is part of the U.S. ;)</p>

<p>I remember that part in the LSAC page when I was doing the enrollment into the September LSAT. I’m not sure if I can really make a link because its within the profile page, but yes, for reasons that I’m yet to figure out, Puerto Rican appears as a separate category unto itself, not within the hispanic part. </p>

<p>I’ll have to later figure out exactly what do I put in the gender marker… Its not easy to send an application at the same time you are undergoing a legal name change, heh.</p>

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<p>If you have an LSAC account, when you log in and put in your personal information, the listing is there under ethnicity.</p>

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<p>I would guess that one could definitely say that Puerto Rico are US citizens. Where members of the other groups of hispanics would not all necessarily be US citizens/Permanent Residents.</p>

<p>The intended beneficiaries of affirmative action in the United States would be persons who have been historically disadvantaged in the U.S; ethnic minorities, women, people with disabilities.</p>

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<p>I’m half cuban, 1/4 puerto rican, and 1/4 british…and have no idea which category i’d fall under. help/suggestions, please???</p>

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<p>Haha, this isn’t a science! Go with whatever you identify with the most. If you feel more Puerto Rican, check that box, or Cuban, check that one.</p>

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<p>I think you can check more than one, btw.</p>

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<p>hahaha thanks :)</p>

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<p>"… a 3.8 and had a 165 LSAT (whereas an AA would probably get into Harvard or Columbia, at least according to lawschoolnumbers) anyway, she didn’t get into any of the T-14. She went to BC Law for a year and then transferred to GULC. We’re Chileans btw and both of our parents went to college. "</p>

<p>Probably your sister is Chilean with german last name and was considered as Caucasian.</p>

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<p>Maybe, but in any case Chileans do not receive URM status.</p>

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<p>“Probably your sister is Chilean with german last name and was considered as Caucasian.”</p>

<p>According to the U.S. census, about 50% of all Latinos who live in the United States consider themselves white (when asked what race they are). As you probably know there were hundreds of thousands of Europeans who migrated to South America in the 1900s and that’s why I find the topic of “affirmative action” fascinating when it comes to Latinos (excluding Mexicans and Puerto Ricans who are obvious beneficiaries).</p>