Do upward grade trends look good?

entomom
Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:42:25 +0000

I wasn’t sure how to interpret your earlier sentence about race and income, whether you thought it would be an asset or liability, so I didn’t address it.

The term URM stands for Underrepresented minority, not just minority. And the underrepresented means underrepresented in college compared to the general population. Many Asian backgrounds are overrepresented in college compared to their abundance in the general population. There are exceptions, such as recent immigrants from SE Asia (Cambodia, Vietnam, etc.). And as MrMom say, it varies with the school.

Income can be an advantage for need-aware colleges and families that can afford to pay full fare are more readily able to apply ED.