Minority Student Opportunities .....QUESTION?

[Gutierrez001]

I was reading AMA web page on Minority Student Opportunities in U.S. Medical Schools (MSOUSMS), and one part of it I did not understand "are categorized by the following racial/ethnic groups: Black American, American Indian, Mexican American, and mainland Puerto Rican". My background is from colombia ,does this mean I am not able to apply as a Minority Student. Thanks

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[NubianPrincess]

Not by that definition

 

[Gutierrez001]

thats way i am confused.

 

[Gutierrez001]

bump

 

[Gutierrez001]

somebody

 

[efex101]

URM's as defined by AMSA are the groups you posted above. Now, some schools may consider any Hispanic as a URM and I am pretty sure that they *can* do this.

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

I guess you could just claim to be Mexican. Dime que no?

 

[Friday]

URM's as defined by AMSA are the groups you posted above. Now, some schools may consider any Hispanic as a URM and I am pretty sure that they *can* do this.

The OP hasn't even mentioned his ethnicity/race so we can't really be of much help. Being a URM doesn't necassarily factor what country your from. For example, I've seen so many dabates here about whether caucasians from the caribbean or African countries are considered URM's. Unfortunately, they're not. Being from colombia could mean that you are a URM but one can't be definite until you specifically let us know about your heritage. For all we know, you could be a colombian of Asian descent or something.

 

[CreativeWriter]

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) definition of underrepresented in medicine is:

"Underrepresented in medicine means those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population."

Adopted by the AAMC's Executive Council on June 26, 2003, the definition helps medical schools accomplish three important objectives:


- a shift in focus from a fixed aggregation of four racial and ethnic groups to a continually evolving underlying reality. The definition accommodates including and removing underrepresented groups on the basis of changing demographics of society and the profession, (Meaning that Other Hispanics will also be considered URMs, but schools will continue to recruit traditional URMs)


- a shift in focus from a national perspective to a regional or local perspective on underrepresentation, and
stimulate data collection and reporting on the broad range of racial and ethnic self-descriptions. (Meaning that in States where there are more Hispanics subgroups, those subgroups will be paid more attention)

Before June 26, 2003, the AAMC used the term "underrepresented minority (URM)," which consisted of Blacks, Mexican-Americans, Native Americans (that is, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians), and mainland Puerto Ricans. The AAMC remains committed to ensuring access to medical education and medicine-related careers for individuals from these four historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups.


Every minority applicant should read this website

http://www.aamc.org/meded/urm/start.htm