What is a URM and am I one?

[terp720]

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um pretty sure he was being sarcastic in regards to the ignorance

if you mean touchpause.. not sarcasm or ignorance, just a good old fashioned Mean Girls reference

 

[touchpause13]

Also: not a he

 

[kingjameslbj]

if you mean touchpause.. not sarcasm or ignorance, just a good old fashioned Mean Girls reference

lol wow i would of never rememberd that movie until you said something and sorry MS or MRS touchpause

 

[terp720]

Also: not a he

however, I have this theory, that if you cut off all your hair you’d look like a British man.

 

[kingjameslbj]

And whoever posted this in the other forum, thanks.

http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

 

[terp720]

And whoever posted this in the other forum, thanks.

http://itooamharvard.tumblr.com/

glad someone clicked on it

 

[touchpause13]

I actually saw that tumblr earlier today. It's way cool/sad at the same time

 

[Patassa]

Imminent shut down in 5...4...3...

 

[kingjameslbj]

glad someone clicked on it

I actually saw that tumblr earlier today. It's way cool/sad at the same time

Not relevant to this thread but you guys should check out this as well.

 

[Gauss44]

Go to the source. There is a very specific definition of "underrepresented minority" used by AAMC. You need to find it on their website or have someone read it to you verbatim or email it to you. You CANNOT rely on other people to ACCURATELY repeat that definition to you. You need the written definition in AAMC's policy, NOT anyone's second-hand rendering of it. (If you go around asking the wrong people, or those not associated with AAMC, you will end up with hundreds of answers that are inconsistent. Just go to the source!)

The same goes for any medical school's definition of "underrepresented minority." DO NOT ASSUME that all medical schools use the same definition. The opposite might be more true.

Good luck!

So, apparently I was talking with a friend who told me about a program for "underrepresented minorities" in medical school. From what I can tell, the designation "URM" only applies to African-Americans, Mexican Americans, and Native Americans (I probably missed one other group).

I am 1st generation Eritrean American, and that is located in Sub-Saharan Africa. So, by all considerations, I should be black even though I look almost nothing like most black Americans. I assume when they say African-American, they mean black Americans who trace their origins to slavery? That means Africans and Afro-Caribbeans would not be classified as URM?

Also, just on the off-chance it applies to me, how much would it help exactly? My cGPA is already quite high (3.8) and just wrapping up my third year now with a double major in physics/computer science and a biology minor along with lots of extracurricular activities including research in medical biophysics and biomedical devices.

 

[touchpause13]

It stands for underrepresented in medicine not underrepresented minority. Fyi

 

[RadixLuminogen]

^ downvote - incorrect

 

[BigBoy99]

Go to google type in "Eritrean", those people are definitely black

 

[terp720]

^ downvote - incorrect

https://www.aamc.org/initiatives/urm/

 

[touchpause13]

Thanks minion

 

[FrenchyM.D/D.O]

Most definitely a URM. I have lots of friends from there and they are as black as me.😉