So I’m just curious about whether Muslims benefit from affirmative action. Do they? They’re relatively affluent in the US, and they’re overrepresented in higher education, so I thought they might actually be hurt by it.
There’s no affirmative action for religion.
Muslims can be any race.
@PrimeMeridian Sorry, meant Arab Americans. (Pakistanis, Afghans, Iranians, etc.) Obviously, the ones who aren’t black.
People from the Middle East/South West Asia are considered caucasian.
There’s no official AA for it. Any adcom interest will very much depend on what perspective the student actually shows in his/her app and supps, how they backed that up with involvements. But you’ve said you’re a Chinese American. So this is idle curiosity? Or you wonder about another student you may be competing against?
There is so much wrong information in this post.
Muslims do not equal Arabs do not equal Pakistanis or Afghanis or Iranians. As a whole, these demographics are NOT relatively affluent or over-represented in US higher education.
Pakistanis are generally categorized under Asians and are likely the more affluent of this subset.
Pakistanis, Iranians and Afghans are not Arabs!
The populations of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran contain very few Arab people.
There are [Muslim Chinese](Hui people - Wikipedia) people. Some have immigrated to the US.
I don’t think he’s asking about himself.
I’m Pakistani American, is it better to put down Asian? Do you think having a Pakistani heritage will hurt, help, or not affect my admission process? Btw Pakistan is not in the Middle East nor are they arabs
Put down what you are or decline to state. It wont’ matter for most ethnicities, might help for some.
@lookingforward I don’t have Muslim classmates. Just curious, why are you so suspicious?
Not suspicious as much as curious.
@T26E4 I may have been incorrect about what I said about Arabs, but I’m not wrong about Muslims being affluent or overrepresented in higher education.
http://iraq.usembassy.gov/resources/information/current/american/statistical.html
“The 2007 Pew survey found that Muslim Americans generally mirror the U.S. public in education and income levels, with immigrant Muslims slightly more affluent and better educated than native-born Muslims. Twenty-four percent of all Muslims and 29 percent of immigrant Muslims have college degrees, compared to 25 percent for the U.S. general population. Forty-one percent of all Muslim Americans and 45 percent of immigrant Muslims report annual household income levels of $50,000 or higher. This compares to the national average of 44 percent. Immigrant Muslims are well represented among higher-income earners, with 19 percent claiming annual household incomes of $100,000 or higher (compared to 16 percent for the Muslim population as a whole and 17 percent for the U.S. average). This is likely due to the strong concentration of Muslims in professional, managerial, and technical fields, especially in information technology, education, medicine, law, and the corporate world.”
@TomSrOfBoston All right. I don’t get this passionate when people confuse Chinese with Japanese, though.
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