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bk187 wrote:No.
This seems suspect. There is no "official URM" or anything like that. They were probably saying that yes you are a minority, not that you were a URM.stintez wrote:call lsac or some of the law schools your applying to and ask. I was told no on tls I am centeral american my father is from Belize. However every school I asked said YES I am URM.
Touche I meant they said yes I am a minority. However, my brother went to Notre Dame and he said it seemed like being hispanic helped him get in. So maybe were not URM but it seems to have still helped.bk187 wrote:This seems suspect. There is no "official URM" or anything like that. They were probably saying that yes you are a minority, not that you were a URM.stintez wrote:call lsac or some of the law schools your applying to and ask. I was told no on tls I am centeral american my father is from Belize. However every school I asked said YES I am URM.
what were his numbers?stintez wrote:Touche I meant they said yes I am a minority. However, my brother went to Notre Dame and he said it seemed like being hispanic helped him get in. So maybe were not URM but it seems to have still helped.bk187 wrote:This seems suspect. There is no "official URM" or anything like that. They were probably saying that yes you are a minority, not that you were a URM.stintez wrote:call lsac or some of the law schools your applying to and ask. I was told no on tls I am centeral american my father is from Belize. However every school I asked said YES I am URM.
Of course you are a minority, you don't need to call LSAC or the schools to figure that out.stintez wrote:Touche I meant they said yes I am a minority. However, my brother went to Notre Dame and he said it seemed like being hispanic helped him get in. So maybe were not URM but it seems to have still helped.
I dont remember it was 5 years ago when he graduated. I know he graduated from Dartmouth with honors and got a 161 on his lsat which is low for that school. He did not even get in until a few weeks before classes started. Now he works at a small law firm in NYC.adjudicator79 wrote:what were his numbers?stintez wrote:Touche I meant they said yes I am a minority. However, my brother went to Notre Dame and he said it seemed like being hispanic helped him get in. So maybe were not URM but it seems to have still helped.bk187 wrote:This seems suspect. There is no "official URM" or anything like that. They were probably saying that yes you are a minority, not that you were a URM.stintez wrote:call lsac or some of the law schools your applying to and ask. I was told no on tls I am centeral american my father is from Belize. However every school I asked said YES I am URM.
hmmm guess you learn something everyday.bk187 wrote:Of course you are a minority, you don't need to call LSAC or the schools to figure that out.stintez wrote:Touche I meant they said yes I am a minority. However, my brother went to Notre Dame and he said it seemed like being hispanic helped him get in. So maybe were not URM but it seems to have still helped.
Other Hispanics (i.e. not Mexican/Puerto Rican) sometimes get small bumps depending on the school, but not nearly as large as a normal URM bump. Asians of any sort are not going to be getting even a small bump.