Underrepresented in medicine?

Pre-Med & Medical School Pre-Med Topics
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<p>"Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."</p>

<p><a href="http://www.aamc.org/meded/urm/start.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aamc.org/meded/urm/start.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I was born in Dominican Republic and migrated to the US as a child, then became a UScitizen later on. The number of Dominican people in the United States is about 1.5million, am i considered a URM?</p>

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<p>Yes..your are still an URM.</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2006/mcatgparaceeth.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.aamc.org/data/facts/2006/mcatgparaceeth.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>You can see that the advantage for "Other Hispanic", while tangible, is not all that significant. It seems to be worth approximately 1 MCAT point and .1 GPA points.</p>