Urm?

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<p>I'm just wondering... Is international URM considered as URM or just international? Oh yeah by the way, do you think Malay ethnicity is a URM?</p>

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<p>On college ethnicity statistics you would be counted as a “nonresident alien” rather then a member of an actual ethnic group (Caucasian, Asian, etc). And nope, international students don’t get a bonus for being from an a certain race. You might get a bonus for being from an underrepresented country though…</p>

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<p>If you’re a balck or hispanic intnl you would get a boost. Maylay is not an URM.</p>

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<p>How about my country, Indonesia, do you think it’s under represented or not?</p>

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<p>You could declare yourself as Pacific Islander which Indonesia is. That would grant you URM status. Indonesia is underrepresented</p>

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<p>"If you’re a balck or hispanic intnl you would get a boost. Maylay is not an URM. "</p>

<p>Pure speculation, and totally not true. </p>

<p>But yes people from underrepresented countries, might get special consideration, but it is very different from a boost, that is linked with the American style boost- remember americans don’t rily care about the statistics of international students in any diversity debate. As long as they have a single person from that country they are quite happy…your country can be underrepresented with 1 person, but the school is quite happy- they could still list your country as represented on their brochures</p>

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<p>@ themerlion
But Indonesia is South East Asia, even though it’s close to Pacific Islander, and I’m not Original Peoples… Which one should I write?</p>

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<p>a lot of my malay friends declared pac.islander. u could always try. original peoples is for alaskans/native americans and pacific islanders dont count. ive always though seasians represent vietnamese, thai, cambodians, burmese … if u live in indon, i guess u could declare pacislander. -singapore</p>

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<p>Maybe not at the college you work for, but certainly true at the ivy where I worked in admissions. Where do you work BTW?</p>

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<p>International students are international students, period. Full answers in the FAQ: </p>

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<p>wow. someone dares to challenge hmom’s comment.</p>