<p>Okay people are going to annoy with me this. As many CC people will tell you otherwise that itdoesnot help. It is a lie as people twist data. Being a URM helps tremendously as bar is lower as compare to within same socio economic group from other race. However, most advatges for URM is grabbed by the well to do or rich URMs. The URM kids who come from downtown chicago or inner city NY has lot of odds against them. They have very less chnace but if somone is very intellegent than it helps tremendously. But these kind of inner city URM kids are far and few. </p>
<p>Competition among chinese, korean and Indian kids is brutal as there are many who have SAT and GPA and are looking to get in. They apply more in numbers and hence more competition. How do I know I have a kid in Yale, one nephew in H and one kid is going to be in Harvard. However, on other hand rich white legacy kids also gets a very big boost as they have so many in built advantages just being born in rich families. The policies are in favour of them. Ivies are still trying to help the kids from poor socio economic background irrespectice of race. But the numbers are not that huge. As we know life is not fair. :(</p>