How much does being an URM actually help?...

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<p>U-CAN shows figures for all the undergraduate students: </p>

<p>[U-CAN:&lt;/a&gt; Harvard University](<a href=“ucan-network.org”>ucan-network.org) </p>

<p>College Board shows figures for first-year students: </p>

<p>[College</a> Search - Harvard College - At a Glance](<a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board) </p>

<p>This is the time of year when both websites are updated with figures from the new entering class from fall 2008. So the figures at each link may change while this thread continues, if it does continue. </p>

<p>Definitions can be found at </p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/568159-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-2-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/568159-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-2-a.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

<p>(through outlinks to official federal government pages). The term “URM,” to answer a question above, refers to “underrepresented minority.” Ordinarily, that is taken to refer to domestic students (citizens and permanent residents) only, not to international students.</p>