<p>What makes an applicant an Under Represented Minority?
Would I be considered URM?</p>
<p>1] I’m from Africa. (I’m African)
2] In South Africa I am white male, therefore I am affected negativelty by affirmative action.
3] I am a white African (Not too many of us)</p>
<p>i know hispanics, african american and native american, alaska/hawaii natives. but idk bc ur an international so idk if you qualify, but i wouldnt think that Brown gets too many apps from South Africa (dont quote me on this but that what i would think)</p>
<p>If Brown wants, for diversity purposes, to have students from South Africa on campus, then that will help your application. But you would not be considered an “underrepresented minority” in the United States for college application purposes.</p>
<p>Okay thanks guys :)</p>
<p>Whites tend not to be affected negatively by affirmative action, for the record.</p>
<p>But yeah, I think you being from South Africa is kinda nifty, and something that selective schools might want. However, their is no URM status implied in that.</p>
<p>For the record, we are. Well in SA we are. I don’t know about the states.</p>
<p>Haha of course quite people are not urm in the us, like 60 percent of americab is white. You are in sa because sa is mostly black! However being intl helps if you: speak english(toefl score), do not apply for fa, not many people from your country apply.</p>
<p>thanks jjavdam. Do you know where I can find the current statistics regarding the various int students and their countries? :)</p>
<p>do you mean what students are represented at colleges? You can find that on the student profile page of most colleges.</p>
<p>Well, if you are applying to a U.S. school, you nation’s view of URM is immaterial. However, you uniqueness, not your race, is what separates you all.</p>
<p>Same question here (don’t want start a new thread)</p>
<p>I am not an URM (I am white)
but I am from Italy, and I saw there are no Italians at Brown as undergraduates.
Do you think it will help?</p>