Argument A vs. Argument B

[Medinsane]

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Two Arguments which ones true?

So I just got my MSAR (it really is the best 👍 ) and my friend and I (Viet and Indian) were looking at schools and some accepted zero of my race and some have many. She argued that those who have accepted many of one minority will be more competitive to get in if you're that race. But I argued that schools with alot of a certain minority mean that they are "diversity friendly" to that particular race.

If this has been discussed, could someone please link me to that topic? Thanks

 

[idq1i]

Argument C: WTF is "diversity friendly"? Is there a "diversity unfriendly"?

 

[Medinsane]

You're right there aren't any "diversity unfriendly" schools but consider: U of Conneticut accepts, for example, one asian indian versus yale (also in conneticut)accepts 7. Say the stats were the same for both, would you rather apply to UofConn or Yale if you were Asian Indian? Depending on my argument I would apply to Yale but depending on my friends argument, my friend would apply to UofConn.

 

[CerealBox]

I would apply to the school with more diversity because i would rather be someplace with other people from my cultural background (and just lots of different backgrounds in general)

 

[TheMightyAngus]

Well, since someone else brought it up, I might as well say my piece. AAMC puts all Asians (Indian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Sri Lankan) together under one catagory. They dont give a **** about specifics. Plus, every school has got Asian students. Lots of them. You're not gonna gain any edge. Someone even posted awhile ago that admissions tend to be more stringent for Asians statswise. I wouldnt push that card if I were you. Try to pass for Black or Hispanic if you want to gain an edge. Sad but the truth. 7 Asian matriculants at Yale and 1 at UConn is basically meaningless unless you know how many were interviewed and what their applications were like.

 

[Quynh2007]

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[MD Rapper]

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[Dr2010]

what about if ur a member of an ethnic minority IN the middle east as well as in America, who although you are classified white, you are a displaced people's group across the globe. I assume a med school is lookin for diversity, would this play a role?

 

[CerealBox]

what about if ur a member of an ethnic minority IN the middle east as well as in America, who although you are classified white, you are a displaced people's group across the globe. I assume a med school is lookin for diversity, would this play a role?

Are you Kurdish or Armenian? An activist of some sort? That may be noteworthy... Born in another country? Speak another language? Those things all distinguish you. But I don't think any of those ethnicities are URMs in the United States.

 

[Dr2010]

Im neither of the above, both those ethnicities have their own country, when i say displaced I mean literally displaced, my ethnicity has no goverment, no land, I'm assyrian, i still don't understand how thats not a URM in the US, when everything else is classified as URM.

 

[KNightInBlue]

Im neither of the above, both those ethnicities have their own country, when i say displaced I mean literally displaced, my ethnicity has no goverment, no land, I'm assyrian, i still don't understand how thats not a URM in the US, when everything else is classified as URM.

Do u mean you are a descendant of assyrians? If the land doesn't exist, how can one call themsleves assyrian? Shouldn't you be Iraqi?

I am Asian Indian, but I don't call myself Dravidian....