<p>"sizeable"? I wouldn't go that far. There is only a handful of us but we have alot of fun when get together. And because there are a few common places where blacks and minorities in general hang out (such as Ujamaa, the LLC, and Africana) there are a usually large number of activities that go beyond what you would get at other universities with small minority propulations.</p>
<p>Girl, I'm coming from a school with only 100 black people (about 20 of whom generally go abroad each year because they hate the school so much... then you have another 10-15 of those who never talk to black people at all), no black greek life, and pretty much no social black life. Cornell is a dream compared to where I was... </p>
<p>By the way,what is DHW and the LLC? Maybe we should take this to a PM...</p>
<p>Just a random comment:
Anyone who was on campus remember that one Asian house that made their pledge class wear winter camo pants and black hoodies every day for the entire spring semester?</p>
<p>Kinda sketchy.</p>
<p>one of the girl asian sor. got banned from rushing/pledging this coming fall because they got girls who dropped out last fall for hazing and told. but they did have to go through some extreme sh!te. another asian sor. had 9 pledges at the beginning, but none crossed because they were too extreme.</p>
<p>How's the Italian population at Cornell? I'd assume since it's NY, there are plenty.</p>
<p>There are plenty of Italians, esp from "The City" and Joyzee. CIAO (Cornell Italian-American Organization) is quite active and has a pretty large number of members.</p>
<p>Oh really, they have an Italian organization, that's cool.</p>
<p>What do the CIAO people do?</p>
<p>Would being Italian at all help me with admission to Cornell? I'm guessing not because Italian is considered Caucasian, but it's worth asking I suppose.</p>
<p>probably not, unless you're 1/256th Sioux or something..</p>
<p>I'm actually 1/8 Cherokee or something like that, so that may help. How much do I have to be? Also, I'm not sure I have the papers to prove it.</p>
<p>starmel18, my second-cousin goes to the ILR school at Cornell, and you may know him: Caleb, from PA?</p>
<p>I doubt hyping up or even mentioning your Native American "heritage"
would have any effect, unless you are interested in living in the Native American program house, whose name I will not even attempt to spell, although I do know for a fact that it contains punctuation not usually used in the middle of a word. </p>
<p>(BTW i'm 1/8th Seneca but who cares).</p>
<p>Well the thing is, I think I would have to most closely identify myself with being a Native American. I so don't do that, I never have considered myself to be native American.</p>
<p>The Native American program house is called Akwe:kon (its pronounced ''a-gway'-go''). Indentifying yourself as Native American (if you chose to) can be to your advantage in the admissions process as well as it could make you eligible for programs that you might otherwise be eligible for.</p>
<p>"Just a random comment:
Anyone who was on campus remember that one Asian house that made their pledge class wear winter camo pants and black hoodies every day for the entire spring semester?</p>
<p>Kinda sketchy."</p>
<p>This was before you and quyh2007 enrolled, but I think the same Asian frat used to swarm Ho Plaza and hand out those quartercards for recruitment. They had football jerseys with their exceedingly stupid nicknames like "Big Dawg" stitched on the backs so it was unintentionally funny to watch.</p>