<p>I wouldn’t assume leaving ethnicity or race blank means that the applicant is white or asian. Quite a few “URMs” and “ORMs” find the whole labeling obsession in the United States to be distasteful and choose not to participate. We regularly refuse to identify our family as “hispanic” in the US census since my husband finds it offensive to try to cram spanish and non-spanish speakers who recently or generations past had ancestors from central, south america and europe into an “ethnicity” bucket. So…there will be some conscientious objectors who refuse to participate in racial and ethnic categorizations…I assume the admissions people could care less why or what is the ethnicity of someone who does not put down their race…stop overthinking about how it will impact your chances and think about how you see yourself/define yourself and whether you fit into one of those boxes…try for a little introspection and honesty when you fill out these applications instead of seeing it as some huge conspiracy to keep you out of harvard…</p>