<p>I know that Native Americans, African Americans, and Hispanics are underrepresented in the elite universities,</p>
<p>but what about Filipinos?</p>
<p>yes 10char</p>
<p>of course. how many filipinos do you see at elite universities? like none. They're probly more underrepresented than Blacks and Hispanics</p>
<p>So? They're Asian, and all Asians are the same.</p>
<p>=O, different responses. Does anyone else know?</p>
<p>Filipinos are considered as Asians, so no.</p>
<p>asian and pacific islander have the same bubble, so no.</p>
<p>This ethnicity thing can be quite irrational, considering that some Asians are actually closer to Caucasians than they are to each other ...</p>
<p>URM varies by school. For example Asians are URM at Vanderbilt but definatly not at Berkeley.</p>
<p>
[quote]
So? They're Asian, and all Asians are the same.
[/quote]
All caucasoids are the same</p>
<p>Last I checked, there aren't many filipinos represented in colleges...</p>
<p>bobmallet, i think he means that all Asians are considered the same under the Asian/Pacific Islander bubble. Colleges never represent their demographics by anything more specific then Hispanic, Black, White, Asian, Native American, Other.</p>
<p>Ah yes, the Filipinos are a dying breed. Lol. </p>
<p>I am actually thinking of applying for mainly HYP, but yes, to know if Filipinos are URMs at other Universities is good too.</p>
<p>In the common application in the Harvard booklet it says:
[ ]Asian American (countries of family's origin________<strong><em>)
[ ]Asian incl. Indian Subcontinent (countries</em></strong>_________)
[ ]Pacific Islander</p>
<p>To tell you the truth, I don't even know which to check off. But considering that the first two have blank spaces, then you can specify if the applicant is Filipino or not.</p>
<p>If it helps at all:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/412412-my-chances-harvard-yale-princeton-economics-psychology-biology-major.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/412412-my-chances-harvard-yale-princeton-economics-psychology-biology-major.html</a></p>
<p>Bump, more opinions are always appreciated.</p>
<p>Filipinos are not URMs except for NIH MD/PhD scholarships. Pacific Islander means like American Samoa, if it included the Philippines, then the Japanese'd be URMs.</p>
<p>just check "other" when it asks you to</p>
<p>"This ethnicity thing can be quite irrational, considering that some Asians are actually closer to Caucasians than they are to each other ..."</p>
<p>Absolutely true.</p>
<p>Filipino's are considered "other"?</p>
<p>if you say you're Filipino then yes i think so.</p>
<p>Well then if Filipino is under "Other", are we or are we not URMs?</p>
<p>I don't believe that Filipinos would be considered as URMs. They'd be under the "Pacific Islander bubble."</p>