<p>URM is an under-represented minority. It means a race is not proportionally represented in Colleges. For political, social, statistical, moral, ethical, etc. reasons, colleges give URMs a significant boost in admission.</p>
<p>Imagine that 25% of the country was a race called “Peanut”. If only 10% of a college’s students were Peanuts, the college would be under-representing that race, and would give Peanuts a significant boost in admission to help close the gap.</p>