<p>From my experience on this board and personally (half URM & half ORM children), candidates who are part URM are categorized as such no matter what other race/ethnicity the are. Diversity is not assessed mathematically, where one factor cancels out another, rather a candidate is evaluated on all of their characteristics, ethnicity/race being just one of them. </p>
<p>Also, even within URMs, factors such as SES, academic opportunities, etc. are taken into consideration.</p>
<p>If you plan to report your racial/ethnic status, I recommend you answer honestly.</p>
<p>Each school will likely have their own individual take on URMs to some degree. For instance, some rural LACs have a difficult time recruiting and retaining URMs and may evaluate them differently than a school like Y which likely has many URMs with varied backgrounds applying. For instance, my D recently got an invitation to apply for a diversity weekend at Swarthmore, their definition of diversity candidates included Asians along with Hispanics, AA and NA students.</p>