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I finally made an account on here to get advice from you all concerning URM status. I am part Caucasian and part Cherokee Indian. While I am a card holding member of the Cherokee Indian tribe and do consider myself to be of that history and people group I only speak English and have been raised by parents that don't place a large amount of emphasis on this heritage.

While looking through countless posts I cannot find whether or not it would be beneficial to mark my application as 'URM' or if this would be frowned upon since I look the same as any white/Caucasian individual.

Any advice is welcome, much like everyone else I am applying for tier 1 law schools and want to take advantage of all my assets as much as anyone else does.

abtky wrote:I finally made an account on here to get advice from you all concerning URM status. I am part Caucasian and part Cherokee Indian. While I am a card holding member of the Cherokee Indian tribe and do consider myself to be of that history and people group I only speak English and have been raised by parents that don't place a large amount of emphasis on this heritage.

While looking through countless posts I cannot find whether or not it would be beneficial to mark my application as 'URM' or if this would be frowned upon since I look the same as any white/Caucasian individual.

Any advice is welcome, much like everyone else I am applying for tier 1 law schools and want to take advantage of all my assets as much as anyone else does.

Check the box.

Absolutely check the box.

absolutely yes. My friend just got Harvard with 165/4.0, and although she's "more NA" than you, it really doesn't matter. Let's be honest: schools look for URMs b/c it makes them look diverse. As long as you fulfill the requirements of being URM, it doesn't matter.