| Topic Name: |
Who's a minority for law |
| Message Name: |
I Wouldn't Think S. Asians are URM |
| Date Posted: |
11/03/2002 |
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Are you sure? I can understand Asians being overrepresented, but South Asians? I figured South Asians are still underrepresented. Not true? |
| Message: |
Am I sure? Not totally, but I assume you are asking for the purposes of applying. In terms of that, I would be surprised to learn that there is a shortage of quantitatively qualified S. Asians applying for law school.
Statistics on S. Asians specifically is somewhat hard to find. I know that the census bureau didn't seperately report it. Anecdotally, Columbia has a very strong SALSA and there seems to be no shortage of S. Asian representation. My impression overall is that S. Asians are anything but underrepresented in graduate work in almost all fields.
In summary, I don't think law schools will have to accept applicants with less then their average numbers because there is a large supply of well qualified S. Asians. Again, I do think that S. Asians, like Asians in general, are underrepresented in areas like politics and the judiciary, but I wouldn't expect law schools to try and fix this by accepting a glut of S. Asians.
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