<p>this might sound like a stupid question, but it keeps coming up over and over and i'd like to know what it means.</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>An under-represented minority (in colleges). Includes Hispanic Americans, Native Americans and African Americans.</p>
<p>Just know that you are not. ;D</p>
<p>It is also somewhat school dependent. While the groups listed are always considered URMs, Asians are sometimes included as minorities of interest by colleges that generally have a harder time recruiting and retaining them, mostly rural LACs. For instance, Grinnell considers Asians for their Diversity weekends:</p>
<p>[Diversity</a> Preview Program - Admission | Grinnell College](<a href=“http://www.grinnell.edu/admission/visit/gdpp]Diversity”>http://www.grinnell.edu/admission/visit/gdpp)</p>
<p>and I know that Amherst does too. If schools are willing to pay for these students to visit, it is likely that they are also interested in these students attending.</p>
<p>thanks :)</p>
<p>how did you guys know i’m asian? creeeeepyyy… jk jk</p>
<p>^Simple hit a member’s name and you will be given options to see their posting history.</p>
<p>As an Afghan, am I a URM?</p>
<p>^As far as I know, I don’t think an Afghan would be considered a URM. Middle-Easterners are classified as ‘white’</p>
<p>URM can also be expanded to the not-so-common asian subdivisions, namely stuff that’s in the cambodia/laos/vietnam area (Indochina I think it’s called, my memory of WH is failing me), the philippines, mongolia, and tibet.</p>
<p>^ No it can’t. Though these “Asian subdivisions” are definitely underrepresented, they are still lumped under the “Asian” category and do not receive the handicaps that URMs receive.</p>
<p>^ How do you know they don’t receive the same handicap as the other URM’s?</p>
<p>its like rum except it can get you into college</p>