I'm half caucasian, half hispanic and will be applying to Med school next year. Anyone heard the pros and cons of not reporting minority status? Can URM staus hurt your chances at acceptance to Medical School?
Originally posted by beasley:
•I'm half caucasian, half hispanic and will be applying to Med school next year. Anyone heard the pros and cons of not reporting minority status? Can URM staus hurt your chances at acceptance to Medical School?•
I agree... Seems like Adcoms would jump all over a foreigner. Must have been some other underlying reason.Originally posted by none:
•Serpiente, how do you know this is specifically why your friend was not accepted? Something like 58% of people are rejected completely each year and I doubt the majority of those are related to disputed URM status...•
Originally posted by E'01:
•This is completely off-topic but SMW I've always wanted to ask you what Anchorage is like (I'd email you privately, but I can't). I've always wanted to visit Alaska!•
If a mexican american doesnt speak spanish then dont chek that you are mexican american... that is ludicrous.... I don't speak spanish b/c my parents were americanized yet they speak spanish and I don't. My grandparents are from mexico and that is why my parents and their brothers and sisters speak spanish but zero of my ten cousins speak any spanish even though they are full mexican american because my cousins and I grew up in america fully americanized.... BTW my parents and their brothers and sisters went to segregated schools in the 1950's b/c of their mexican heritage, yet I can't claim my heritage because I don't speak spanish fluently, but can only pick out certain words?serpiente said:As far as checking URM status, I think it can hurt your app, if you don't look/act the part. I.e. don't check URM if you can't even speak Spanish. My premed advisor told me about an applicant from our schools who was South African and 100% white and checked URM. Medical schools felt this person was being dishonest and he didn't get in to any schools. I'm bi-racial too and I checked both. I think it's important to represent yourself honestly or at least to choose what you feel most comfortable with to describe yourself. Me, I'm proud of my mixed race backgound. I think it will be an interesting topic in interviews. My vote...put both.