Is an Indian a URM?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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<p>I hope so, but I think that at Penn we’re ORMs (Over-represented). So does my being Indian work against me?</p>

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<p>I don't think Indian is an URM. It probably does work against you.</p>

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<p>Well ****, dude.</p>

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<p>lol. it's great to be asian.</p>

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<p>Are you a fellow ORM?</p>

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<p>yup; i'm korean. sorta sucks when it comes to admissions.</p>

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<p>Well...best of luck (unless we're competing for the same spot :p ).</p>

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<p>hahaha. that would be highly unlikely. good luck to u too though.</p>

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<p>Indian(from India) is considered Asian and is not URM. I agree, it probably makes the competition more fierce for you. I'll try to find an article about that I posted awhile ago.</p>

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<p>Here it is - </p>

<p><a href="http://ivysuccess.com/therecord013005.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://ivysuccess.com/therecord013005.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>aaahhh frick, what about middle eastern people?</p>

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<p>wut about Asian from nepal? not ORM i hope!</p>

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<p>From the impression I got, if you're a non-American applying from your native country, you're viewed in a different pool where admissions rates are comparable to the normal pool. So while a Person of Indian Origin applying as a domestic student may be placed at a disadvantage, an Indian from India is viewed differently. Am I right?</p>

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<p>Yes American citizens or permanent residents are viewed differently from International Students. Americans lving abroad are also an in-between category.</p>

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<p>What about Asian Sri Lankan, grew up in Bangladesh??? It can't get any more URM than that? Or can it? Does anyone know how many Sri Lankans there are at Penn?
Ah well, we'll all know in a while</p>