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URMs as Transfers

Post by Anonymous User » Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:14 am

In the transfer game, does being a URM (i.e. AA, MA, NA) give you a significant boost like it does when you apply the first time as an 0L?
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Re: URMs as Transfers

Post by Count1234 » Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:39 am

According to Arrow's transfer guide (or else I read this somewhere else on TLS) being a URM won't give you a very large boost for transfer apps. Arrow's reasoning is that schools accept very few transfers, so accepting more URMs won't help their bottom line much. Think if <50% accepted are URM, and the transfer population is an even smaller portion of the student body population, then accepting a URM transfer isn't going to boost diversity stats much. Anyway, Arrow does a much better job at explaining his/her reasoning, so go check the Transfers thread. Bottom line is, being URM won't hurt.
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Re: URMs as Transfers

Post by heavoldgotjuice » Thu Aug 07, 2014 3:53 pm

im an URM and i don't think i got any benefit this past transfer cycle
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Re: URMs as Transfers

Post by holepunch » Sat Aug 09, 2014 12:09 am

I've seen individuals who aren't specifically URM but are not Caucasian get accepted despite not having "transfer worthy" grades. These anecdotes aren't students breaking into the t-14 but entail a relatively big upward jumps in the rankings.
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