Asian going to Boston College

<p>Hello,</p>

<p>As you can tell, I’m Asian and I am considering going to Boston College. I come from a nearly all white school and around 95 percent of my friends are white. I heard that BC is really homogeneous which is fine but I’m kinda afraid that since I am a minority in that school, the student body may force me (not literally) to be sucked into the AHANA groups. I honestly have no intention of joining this Asian cliche. Am I going to have a hard time just being friends with who I want to be friends with just because people assume I’m in a Asian group? I know this sounds weird but I’d rather be friends with white people since the Asians in most schools tend to segregate themselves from the community.</p>

<p>I don’t think you’ll have any problems that way. A number of Asian kids from my son’s high school go to BC and have done just fine there and report no such thing. You might be asked to join but certainly not pressured. I also don’t believe that Asians in most schools tend to segregate themselves. That has not been my experience at all.</p>

<p>Alright thank you! I just got really nervous because some kid on college ******* talked about how the asians there were so segregated…</p>

<p>Any more responses or insight would be much appreciated!</p>

<p>You can be friends with whoever you want to be friends with, this is a slightly ridiculous question. If you want to make friends, just be open and at least somewhat out going.</p>

<p>AHANA is not just Asians. It includes all persons of all colors – even some Caucasians are members. But the short answer is that you can major in what you want, and join whatever clubs that you want. </p>

<p>The dorms are randomly assigned, so you’ll be hanging with your hallmates of whatever persuasion that they might be.</p>

<p>I’m a freshman here at Boston College and Taiwanese American.</p>

<p>Yes, it’s true that a lot of Asians hang out with other Asians, but this doesn’t apply to everyone. </p>

<p>The Asian culture clubs play a major role in the Asian culture here- AC (Asian Caucus), KSA (Korean Student Association), and CSA (Chinese Student Association) have some of the largest members on campus, but naturally like any other club, there are people who are really into it and people who are just on the mailing list. </p>

<p>I definitely came into Boston College also aiming to stay away from the whole Asian scene here, so I chose not to be an active participant in the Asian culture clubs. However, I did choose to join Asian Christian Fellowship (a branch of Intervarsity Christian Fellowship), so I do know a good number of Asian people on campus. However, I am also involved with the woman’s ultimate frisbee club team, so I definitely know more nonAsians on campus through that. </p>

<p>Basically, although a lot of Asians do tend to clump together, it’s ultimately up to you whether you want to be part of that or not.</p>