<p>Are Vietnamese and Filipinos considered URMS?</p>
<p>I wish. 10 char</p>
<p>Maybe at small liberal arts colleges.</p>
<p>No, they aren't.</p>
<p>Actually at many schools Vietnamese, Filipinos, Cambodians, Hmong, Thai and Laotians are underrepresented are are more likely to live in poverty and to be first generation as students of chinese, japanese, korean and asian indian descent are usually considered over represented.</p>
<p>Yes, they are URM</p>
<p>ballerina, r you vietnamese or fillipino?
i thought asians are quite over represented already?which schools consider vietnamese n filippino as URM?</p>
<p>call the admissions office and ask, only way to be sure.</p>
<p>Do URMs get advantage in the admisssion process?</p>
<p>Yes, for better or worse, different educational programs (and government agencies for that matter) have different criteria when it comes to classifying Americans of Asian decent. The older established groups, specifically Japanese and Chinese, are often not considered URM. Although Koreans are a relatively recent immigrant group, they too are likely not considered to be URM, while Philipinos (a group long established on the west coast and in Hawaii) are, as are Vietnamese and the Hmong.</p>
<p>IMO, it really depends on who is doing the classification. The State of New York and the State of Washington may have different considerations, as the Asian population in western Washington has been prominent for decades. I know for a fact that the Seattle School District didn't include Nisei and Chinese students as URM at one time. I can't speak on the policy these days.</p>
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while Philipinos (a group long established on the west coast and in Hawaii) are, as are Vietnamese and the Hmong.
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YES!!! SCORE! :)</p>
<p>I really really really really hope Vietnamese is considered URM but I really doubt it. Even though most Vietnamese people I know at my school are poor they are the ones going to good colleges, so I never thought of them as URM.</p>
<p>From my personal experience, Vietnamese are considered URM. This one viet girl got into Stanford and Harvard with really horrible stats from my school.</p>
<p>what about pakistani/chinese people?</p>
<p>I don't think so....</p>
<p>Students of Vietnamese descent are eligible for MIT's minority science summer camp. Considering MIT is a quarter Asian, this says a lot</p>
<p>"Actually at many schools Vietnamese, Filipinos, Cambodians, Hmong, Thai and Laotians are underrepresented are are more likely to live in poverty and to be first generation as students of chinese, japanese, korean and asian indian descent are usually considered over represented."</p>
<p>But isn't that still considered Asian.</p>
<p>I mean, you wouldn't say (White) students from Germany, England, Sweden and France were URM, they are still Caucasian</p>
<p>Oh and South Asian/Chinese would probably be ORM</p>
<p>at some schools yes, at others no.</p>
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From my personal experience, Vietnamese are considered URM. This one viet girl got into Stanford and Harvard with really horrible stats from my school.
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:))..I happen to know someone who was quite screwed academically but still somehow got into stanford after going to UK for 1 year...hm...:)</p>
<p>most new england lacs would consider asians as URM</p>