URM Chances

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<p>I am partly Hispanic (1/4) and I'm also a Penn legacy. Did any Hispanic legacies apply ED and get accepted? I'm not a senior yet.</p>

<p>whats the other 3/4?</p>

<p>"Momsdream, no offense, but why are you spending so much time on a college website when you are successful and making the six-figure income? "</p>

<p>Uh.....perhaps having a son who is 17 and applying to college is a good enough reason?</p>

<p>Fluent in Spanish, too.</p>

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<p>I know what it is now but what the heck does URM stand for?</p>

<p>under-represented minority</p>

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<p>"Honestly, skin color has absolutely nothing to do with your ability to take standardized tests or do well in school." -drune</p>

<p>Race has everything to do with. Class and race are sooo intimately related that one most certaintly affects the other. The problems of race and class are compounded on minorities.</p>

<p>Read "Savage Inequalities" by Jonathan Kozol</p>

<p>I hate URM... saying we should use URM is like saying that segregation should still be allowed</p>

<p>"saying we should use URM"....what? maybe you mean affirmative action, in which case, wow you're uninformed. affirmative action, in theory, is fine, it just needs to be tweaked.</p>