thatindiandude

Friend was wondering whether Oriental or Indian is considered for URM status at Vandy since they are proportionally less represented compared to other universities?

Any info would be sweet.

fjchowdhury

Um, not sure.. I am Bengali which is basically South Asian descent and I didn't put my race or any other info down since Asians are overrepresented in universities.. we will find out soon though.. so b asically my answer is no but that is just me

pengwinsrawk

Universities consider URM's to be African-Americans, Hispanics, and Native-Americans, since these are very underrepresented minorities. Asians make up the largest part of minorities, but we're not Over-represented, I don't think... Unfortunately, being Indian doesn't make you a URM. However, it wouldn't REALLY hurt you at Vandy since the asian population is like 7% I think? Thank goodness they still want diversity 'cause I'm asian, too.