<p>What do they do? Do they actually go out and recruit URMs or what?</p>
<p>They sit around discussing fine wine and the meaning of life by their Northeastern brick hearths as the embers light up their ruddy faces with a yellowish glow reminiscent of colostrum.</p>
<p>Did you get your little sad pathetic bit of enjoyment? You just made of some stupid crap probably because your jealous you could never get into such a great school, so make make up for it you go around saying crap to people who actually have a chance o get in</p>
<p>ANYONE WANT TO ACTUALLY ANSWER MY QUESTION?</p>
<p>They probably see your application in a different light because you’re an URM, so you should have an edge, but obviously this is no substitute for great scores, essays, and rigorous classes. As far as actually going out of their way to recruit minorities, I don’t know.</p>
<p>Harvard’s admissions office should be better suited to answer your questions, and they may even hook you up with an informational session near your area (if you haven’t received any invitations already).</p>
<p>^^ lol wow. Take it easy.</p>
<p>Based on the literature I’ve read off of their website ([Harvard</a> College Admissions § Applying: Minority Recruitment](<a href=“http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/hrp/minority_recruitment/index.html]Harvard”>http://www.admissions.college.harvard.edu/apply/hrp/minority_recruitment/index.html)) it seems to me that this is just an extension of their admissions office that goes out and does presentations at locations they deem to be “outreach” schools, areas, etc. They act as a liaison for URM with the admissions office to coordinate visits, etc. </p>
<p>it is nothing prestigious…just a fancy name/marketing tool that harvard uses to get people to think that they are actively thinking about diversity.</p>
<p>it is nothing prestigious or anything of that nature.</p>
<p>Whoa, someone takes himself very seriously.</p>
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<p>Emphasis mine.</p>
<p>Isn’t this quote a contradiction?</p>
<p>Havard and its peer schools actively pinpoint marketing and outreach from traditionally under represented pools such as rural or urban schools. The answer to your question is YES, they actively court top performing URMs. </p>
<p>And so do the other top colleges-- especially given that top performing URMs tend to be fewer than whites and asians – they’d be foolish not to.</p>
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Yeah people like him get me really mad so I just took out all my anger on him</p>
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Lets use our brains which you must clearly have to go to college when I typed “o” I meant “to” my keys don’t sometimes</p>
<p>THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO ANSWERED MY QUESTION! :D</p>
<p>Let’s not use our brains and Google Harvard’s undergraduate minority recruitment program to find the information that other CC’ers have so compassionately provided.</p>
<p>Where do you think I found out about this! I looked on their website read about it but it didn’t really say what they do so yeah SHUT UP and go back to your Florinda college while we, the ones with a successful future, go to America’s best colleges.</p>
<p>^Are you a ■■■■■? How can anyone be this angry, really? Did I insult you?</p>
<p>I just HATE it when people don’t take things seriously</p>
<p>Then you probably hate me because “I’m silly and spontaneous” -Squidward</p>
<p>^^ So your sense of humor is pretty much nonexistent?</p>
<p>Call me whatever I just fell there is a time to be funny and a time to be serious</p>
<p>I think we got off on the wrong foot. I’m sorry I hijacked your thread for the purposes of comedy. :)</p>
<p>I was contacted by UMRP and I got in, but I doubt there was any advantage. I was not contacted or even made aware of a similar program at other Ivies and I got in those as well, so take it with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>They contacted me too…and offered me the “Harvard National Scholarship” without even seeing my stats. :)</p>
<p>Seeing wesley108’s ridiculous comments made me die a little inside.</p>
<p>But to answer your question, the Undergraduate Minority Recruitment Program recruits minorities.</p>
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