Does affirmative action only apply to someone if they are 100% URM or if they were part. For example: 50%hispanic and 50% asian? Would that be considered URM or ORM(the asian side). thanks
<p>i personally don't know how they're gonna treat it, but i know a lot of half-whites who just check off "hispanic" instead of hispanic and caucasian in their college apps.</p>
<p>I suppose it varies from school to school, but I'd generally think that if you're biracial, you're going to be considered a person of color and an underrepresented ethnic group.</p>
<p>Affirmative Action can be used if someone is biracial or multiracial.</p>
<p>Being bi-racial is quite the URM. Check both boxes if you can, or mark other, and write in your ethinc backround.</p>
<p>I feel sorry for people who are 50% asian, 50% white...</p>
<p>there are a lot of "wasians" at my school and from my observation, they fare the best in terms of attending the most elite colleges and being the best students in high school. i dunno, i guess it's the combination of the azn parent who's always dogging them in academics, and the white parent who stresses volunteerism, sports, etc. of course, i'm being stereotypical and it's not like i did a survey or anything, but most of the wasian grads i know were highly recruited athletes (for crew, lacrosse, etc.) with crazy high academic stats and an amazing work ethic.</p>
<p>No its not for just 100% urms, im pretty sure for Native american u have to be 1/32 or maybe its 1/16, black u have to be 1/16 and hispanic 1/4 i believe. =P</p>