Asians and URM

[SFA Chino]

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Are asians counted as under-represented minorities?

 

[moo]

No way. Asians are OVER-represented minorities

 

[vinsanity]

Asians are not under represented minorities but are still classified minority.

 

[Daredevil]

Nope. URM means people who are UNDERrepresented in Medicine.

 

[SFA Chino]

Thanks for the quick replies. I knew I could count on SDN for fast answers.
One more thing. Is over-representation classified everywhere, or just in certain states? I live in Texas, would it still be the same?

 

[MacGyver]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by SFA Chino:
•Thanks for the quick replies. I knew I could count on SDN for fast answers.
One more thing. Is over-representation classified everywhere, or just in certain states? I live in Texas, would it still be the same?•••••I dont have a general answer to your question, but I'm pretty sure Asians are over-represented in every state in med school, except for maybe North Dakota or something.

There are actually quite a bit of Asians in Texas (i.e. Houston mostly, Vietnamese residents) so the Texas med schools also have an over-representation of Asians.