Black and hispanics have an advantage?

Northstarmom
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:36:23 +0000

URMS aren’t international. By definition, underrepresented minorities are underrepresented because their percentage in U.S. colleges or in a specific U.S. college is less than is their percentage in the U.S. population.

When it comes to Hispanics, URMs are Mexican-Americans and Puerto Ricans because the majority of Hispanics in this country are Puerto Rican or Mexican-American, but relatively few such Hispanics go to college.

CC members overestimate how strong an admissions factor being a URM is. The URMs who get into top colleges have a lot going for them. I’ve seen plenty of very strong URMs rejected including a Harvard reject who was a legacy, a state champion in chess, and had stats within Harvard’s range.