<p>discuss: </p>
<p>specifically, I am curious about Middle Eastern-Americans, as well as Asian-Americans, and whether they get any boost in the admissions process. What about Israeli-Americans- are they different from Middle Eastern-Americans? Is it sufficient to be Muslim to be an underrepresented minority? Does anyone know or can they point to where colleges clarify what it means to be a URM?</p>
<p>None of those are generally categorized as URMs.</p>
<p>Middle-easterns, and especially asians, generally arn't considered URMs. Maybe in Mid-west second tier schools, but definently not in top schools anywhere. And since Muslim is a religion, it really won't have any affect in admissions.</p>
<p>A URM is a person who comes from a minority group that isn't well-represented either in college as a whole or in a particular department. Hispanics, Native Americans, and African-Americans are the typical races that are considered URMs, simply because they still are not well represented in colleges.<br>
As far as individual departments, URMs are consider women in engineering/technical fields, men in education/nursing, ect ect.</p>
<p>Completely hijacking this thread, my apologies --</p>
<p>If I'm half Asian and half URM, would colleges count me as a URM? lol.</p>
<p>spiffystars: You'll be asked to identify the ethnic group with which you most identify. Check off whichever you believe to be the correct answer.</p>
<p>I'm going to check both Asian and Hispanic because well, I identify with both. My question is whether or not colleges would count me as a URM just because I'm half.</p>