Am I a URM?

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[TaupePremed]

1. You are not "generally able to pass as white".

2. You have known Cuban ancestry.

3. Your friends think of you as a minority.

4. You are not East Asian.

I hereby declare that you are an underrepresented minority in US MD programs. This forum post is not legally binding.

 

[LizzyM]

Check whichever boxes you would check if you were completing the US Census form. Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race and Hispanics, according to the US census, may be of any race. Can you trace your lineage to sub-Saharan Africa due to the slave trade between Cuba and Africa? You may self-identify as "black" and you may also identify as "white" if you have lineage in the peoples of Europe and/or the Middle East.

Check the boxes that apply and let the chips fall where they may. It makes no sense to lie about your lineage by omission.

 

[gyngyn]

Cubans are not under-represented in medicine. Immigration from the island was disproportionately representative of the professional class.
Language skills are always appreciated, though.

 

[candbgirl]

I've been seeking an answer as to whether or not I would be considered a URM, but haven't been able to find a thread specific to my situation.
I'm a Cuban-American, as a parent of mine was born in and has lineage to Cuba. At least, according to many of the threads here on SDN, the consensus is that Cubans are not assigned the URM label due to overrepresentation of Cubans that pass as white Americans. However, I am not white, nor generally able to pass as white. . .
Thanks

Do people really think that the consensus is the Cubans are not assigned the URM label due to over representation of Cubans that pass as white Americans ? I have never heard that before. Very interesting if this is true.




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[Goro]

Nope.

I've been seeking an answer as to whether or not I would be considered a URM, but haven't been able to find a thread specific to my situation.
I'm a Cuban-American, as a parent of mine was born in and has lineage to Cuba. At least, according to many of the threads here on SDN, the consensus is that Cubans are not assigned the URM label due to overrepresentation of Cubans that pass as white Americans. However, I am not white, nor generally able to pass as white.
The Latino demographic at my university is extremely underrepresented, and many of my peers poke that my med school prospects will be ultimately facilitated by affirmative action and quotas, despite my competitiveness as an applicant. For the sake of clarity, I'd really like to know where I actually stand, as far as med schools will perceive me. I also have some Puerto Rican ancestry, albeit distant, but it rarely comes up. That's pretty much all I have to say about it, lol.
Thanks

 

[gyngyn]

Do people really think that the consensus is the Cubans are not assigned the URM label due to over representation of Cubans that pass as white Americans ? I have never heard that before. Very interesting if this is true.




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No. It's because they are well-represented in medicine.

 

[Monkey.King]

No. It's because they are well-represented in medicine.

Vick from George Lopez immediately came to mind.

 

[candbgirl]

Thank you for responding. I thought how did I miss that all of these years!


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[OchemOficionado]

1. You are not "generally able to pass as white".

2. You have known Cuban ancestry.

3. Your friends think of you as a minority.

4. You are not East Asian.

I hereby declare that you are an underrepresented minority in US MD programs. This forum post is not legally binding.

Hilarious. Made my day.

 

[qban96]

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[LizzyM]

Each school can choose to define URM as it pleases. All you can do is define yourself in the most accurate way you can.

 

[qban96]

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