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Okay so I am a little confused about this process. I am half puerto rican and half white. I put this on both of my AACOMAS and AMCAS applications. But does that automatically mean I am URM? As much as i hear people talk about it, i never saw a box or anything that said "i consider myself URM."
Will schools just see that I am puerto rican and make a note that I am URM?
When AMCAS asked about disadvantaged status I answered "i do not woish to be considered disadvantaged" because it was talking about economically disadvantaged, which is totally different than being underrepresetned. But then someone else told me to be considered URM you would have had to have checked "yes consider me disadvantaged."
Anyways, I'm just kind of confused on whether or not I had to click a box anywhere to be considered URM, or if the schools just make that judgment when looking at ethnicity/race. Thanks for the info!
Will schools just see that I am puerto rican and make a note that I am URM?
When AMCAS asked about disadvantaged status I answered "i do not woish to be considered disadvantaged" because it was talking about economically disadvantaged, which is totally different than being underrepresetned. But then someone else told me to be considered URM you would have had to have checked "yes consider me disadvantaged."
Anyways, I'm just kind of confused on whether or not I had to click a box anywhere to be considered URM, or if the schools just make that judgment when looking at ethnicity/race. Thanks for the info!
