<p>Sorry if I sound ignorant, but I haven’t a clue - what’s URM?</p>
<p>under represented minority</p>
<p>Congratulations, Mohamed, that’s quite an accomplishment. Good luck with your college career.</p>
<p>'My question is: do they actually stay long enough to graduate, or do they transfer because they can’t cut it?"</p>
<p>If they were leaving as a general rule, the schools wouldn’t keep admitting them. Yes, they take a gamble on some students, but it’s always a calculated gamble. No college wants people flunking out and leaving. Even assuming that they don’t care about what happens to the student – which in most cases, I believe they do – it makes the college look bad.</p>