Will being Filipino help me with college admissions

[NuyaCollegiate]

<p>I have heard that being an underrepresented minority can help you get into some colleges, but I also heard that Filipinos do not count as Pacific Islanders and will have to be cornered into the Asian ethnic group.</p>

[4kidsdad]

<p>See [Pacific</a> Islander - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Islander]Pacific”>Pacific Islander - Wikipedia)

Pacific Islander is a geographic phrase to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia

However, accordinbg to UCLA, Filipino is URM:

Underrepresented Minority (URM): For the university [UCLA], URM includes domestic Native American / American Indian / Alaskan Native, African American/Black, Chicano / Mexican American, Latino/Other Hispanic, and Filipino/Filipino-American students.

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[ucbalumnus]

<p>However, UCLA gives no consideration to race or ethnicity in admissions, so being a URM applying there makes no difference.</p>

[entomom]

<p>Please continue this discussion on the Race FAQ sticky thread at the top of this forum.</p>