Does this make me URM? Forum

[jkbrad11]

I'm a healthy mix of Cherokee/Native American, Asian-Indian, and Caucasian ... does this classify me as an URM?

[bk1]

Yes, because you are Cherokee/NA (though some schools will want tribal ID as well).

[jkbrad11]

Thanks for the quick reply..I know Harvard contacted me and was interested through CRS because of the NA side..but I can't prove affiliation with a tribe because my great grandfather refused to sign the rolls and then lived off the land.. regardless..thanks!

[rebexness]

[vanwinkle]

Moved to appropriate forum.

[yoruba1]

Thanks for the quick reply..I know Harvard contacted me and was interested through CRS because of the NA side..but I can't prove affiliation with a tribe because my great grandfather refused to sign the rolls and then lived off the land.. regardless..thanks!

If you can't prove tribal affiliation, I think you are SOL.

Exactly. Plus you wouldn't want to be haunted by a Warren-esque gaffe should you decide to run for the Senate (although it is possible that, like her, could could overcome it.)

[bk1]

Thanks for the quick reply..I know Harvard contacted me and was interested through CRS because of the NA side..but I can't prove affiliation with a tribe because my great grandfather refused to sign the rolls and then lived off the land.. regardless..thanks!

If you can't prove tribal affiliation, I think you are SOL.

I don't know for sure, but I've heard that the amount that schools care about tribal ID varies from school to school and that there might still be a smaller boost at schools that do care for NAs without tribal ID. Obviously not as ideal as having tribal ID, but better than nothing.

[ce255]

Thanks for the quick reply..I know Harvard contacted me and was interested through CRS because of the NA side..but I can't prove affiliation with a tribe because my great grandfather refused to sign the rolls and then lived off the land.. regardless..thanks!

If you're only 1/8 NA why so gung-ho to claim it? No tribal ID, probably no connection to NA culture/history at all... as a URM things like this make me mad. I do not want you to feel like I'm attacking you; I personally have a friend who is 1/8 hispanic, speaks no spanish, doesn't know any hispanic people (besides his gardener) - but used it to get into our school despite having subpar numbers. It cheapens the mission of URM boosts.

[sparty99]

If you have to ask if you are URM, then you aren't a URM. Quit trivalizing the challenges that URM's have experienced.

[bk1]

If you have to ask if you are URM, then you aren't a URM. Quit trivalizing the challenges that URM's have experienced.

[gman1978]

If you have to ask if you are URM, then you aren't a URM. Quit trivalizing the challenges that URM's have experienced.

Lol. OP: enjoy HYS.