Medical Does being biracial have the same advantages for acceptance?

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Hello, I have a question regarding mixed race Applicants. I’m applying in roughly 2 years and I’ve been skimming through the forum lately. I am Half Afro-Honduran (African descent from Honduras) & half White Male. My mother is a single mother, and we’ve received government aid /Struggled ever since I can remember. My question is, what do I check on my application? People often mistake me as just Cuban or something similar. It’s obvious I’m mixed, but will I still receive the URM “advantage” when applying?

Members of under-represented groups are especially valuable to a medical school for three main reasons:

1. The care you are more likely to give to the group that needs doctors
2. The life experience you share with the other students, and
3. As a role model to others in the pipeline to medicine

Is is not proportionate to the "amount" of you that is under-represented, or even what you look like.

The degree to which you identify with that community and the evidence of commitment to them are important. Can you speak Spanish? Have you used that skill to help others? These are the things we look for.

You will be allowed to describe country of origin and ethnicity in AMCAS.