<p>“What percentage of the population is Asian isn’t what schools consider. They are only concerned about the percentage of Asians who attend college and if not enough are applying to their schools in comparison to other schools than they are URM and a hot commodity.”</p>
<p>Is this based on information given out by schools?</p>
<p>“As a consequence, second, proper usage of the terms requires a definition as to what the “correct” level of representation is.”</p>
<p>This is what I was trying to say, thanks. So far we have two mentioned possibilities, representation compared to some population average, and compared to what other schools are doing; the latter seems superficial.</p>