underrepresented minorities - asian females

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A medical school admissions board member once told me that asian females qualified as minorities in med school applications. However, I thought asians were always at a disadvantage with apps because while females may be a minorities, asian females and males are the majority with apps?
 
A medical school admissions board member once told me that asian females qualified as minorities in med school applications. However, I thought asians were always at a disadvantage with apps because while females may be a minorities, asian females and males are the majority with apps?
Hmong, Cambodians and some Pacific islanders may be considered UiM at a particular school.
Women in these groups are especially needed.
Asian women as a general group are extremely well represented, though. It's not a disadvantage, it's just not UiM. "Under-represented in Medicine" is not the same as being a "minority" in the US.
 
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