Is being a URM( Hispanic: South America) still a hook if my income is 125 K??
No, not in our experience.
Wow, seems hard to believe that most URM’s at top universities have a low income
Int’l students aren’t included in the URM headcount.
Are you international, @kufelik01 ?
If you are a URM, whether your income is 25k or $250k, the school still counts you in their minority population, so makes no difference. But keep in mind, schools are also looking to check the box for 1st generation, aid etc., so a student who can check more boxes may be valued more in admissions
Nope @marvin100
Thank you for clarifying. I am also first generation so would i have a decent boost in admissions to wharton @ UPenn with a 33 ACT, 720 math 2, and business related EC’s?? Thank you @wisteria100
First gen/URM should be helpful. No way of knowing how helpful, of course–and Wharton is extremely selective–but you’re a pretty well qualified applicant, from the looks of it, @kufelik01
Thanks! @marvin100
It depends on the college. Look at the college’s common data set section C7 to see if ethnicity is considered in admissions.
However, it does appear that many posters on these forums overestimate the effect of ethnicity in college admissions (this includes both URMs applying to college and others who resent any such consideration). Recommend making your reach/match/safety assessments without assuming a significant effect from your ethnicity.
Exactly^
Do you know what Penn/Wharton or your other targets look for?
Sure, they’ll give you a good look. But chances will depend on your app/supp, how well you actually present yourself, as well as competition from your home area. And the real scores. Too soon to know if youll have a 33.
You might want to apply to Penn’s fly-in program.
@nw2this I just happened to be reading various threads and stumbled upon your comment. Thank you so much for that link! I never knew that program existed and was only looking at Tufts’ fly-in program. I will definitely be applying to Penn too, thanks!
There are lots of fly-ins for urms.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/african-american-students/1539855-diversity-fall-fly-programs.html
The ones that seem to be popular on cc right now are Rice and Columbia.
"URM still a hook with a high income?"
UT Austin admits three quarters of its admitted students via auto-admit (being in the top 7% of the HS graduating class). UT then admits the remaining quarter of its students via a holistic process. UT emerged victorious after 2 rounds in the Supreme Court to maintain its race-conscious admissions decisions.
What emerged in the SCOTUS courtroom oral arguments was that UT was keen to use the holistic process to admit high-income URMS, to ensure “diversity within diversity”. It didn’t want to have just poor URMs propagating the stereotype that all URMs are poor. So being high-income was far from cancelling any URM admissions advantage. It was a double advantage at UT.