Why aren't Indians considered URMs?

<p>QuantumArbiter, you’ve posted at least 4 threads in my recent memory panicking about whether or not you’re going to get into MIT. You will not either gain or lose admission due to your ethnicity. You won’t gain or lose admission based on your SAT scores or how many AP classes you’ve taken either. Furthermore, panicking about any of these things really isn’t going to get you anywhere.</p>

<p>Coming from a disadvantaged background and succeeding despite this is far, far more important than the color of your skin or where your parents were from, at least in MIT’s eyes. Stop panicking, close the College Confidential tab on your web browser, and go play Bioshock 2 or something.</p>