<p>I'm curious as to how large the Indian undergrad population is at Stanford. I've seen that Asian Americans constitute 25% of undergrads, but I can't find anything about sub-groups within Asians.</p>
<p>Does anyone know the statistics for Indians at Stanford? Or can any current Stanford students give me a rough picture of how large the Indian community is there?</p>
<p>im not a stanford student yet but i heard its pretty big. i think its a tight knit community too. but ive just heard this i dont have any proof.</p>
<p>I hope its not too "tight-knit." I'm an indian american from a rural background (theres like 2 other asians in my school) and I'm looking forward to finally hanging out with some indians...but, I definitely don't want it to be cliquish and racially exclusive.</p>
<p>indians are generally cliquish and a little "exclusive" for me.</p>
<p>this might explain why i have minimal indian friends. eh.</p>
<p>ehh... i would dispute the 'cliquish' and 'exclusive' remarks...</p>
<p>I have Indian friends and non-Indian friends; I hang out with my non-Indian friends more, but sometimes the Indian group gets together to watch a Bollywood movie or to attend some sort of function at the local temple. Even for those activities, in which you might expect the group to be somewhat 'exclusive,' they aren't. Non-Indian friends often accompany the group to those sorts of activities - even to the Hindu temple.</p>
<p>In general, I think Indians assimilate pretty well, but we try to maintain some links to the cultural heritage; for activities related to that, Indians tend to be fairly tightly-knit.</p>
<p>"indians are generally cliquish and a little 'exclusive' for me."</p>
<p>Just a broad statement!</p>
<p>Unless you have met more than half of the Indian population in the world, I would not make such a brash statement. Considering the Indians you have met constitute a small percentage of the total Indian population, it is completely ridiculous to make the claim that Indians are "generally" "exclusive." </p>
<p>I do not know if Indians are "generally" "cliquish and...'exclusive' " but the Indians I have met are friendly, warm, and welcoming.</p>
<p>Gah, so I'll take away the generalization.</p>
<p>My theory applies to the ones I know (which, of course, aren't an obscene amount). I'm just going from personal experience.</p>
<p>My experiences with Indians:</p>
<p>They are very warm and nice. They assimilate pretty well and i are not "cliquish." However, they do maintain some rather strong links to their cultural heritage, such as attending religious events, etc.</p>
<p>I couldn't care less about religious events but yeah some of my friends do.
And again some dont.
So this was hardly a helpful input.
Yeah I'm artificially increasing my post count
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My life sucks.
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<p>i think indians do tend to hang out with other indians but i don't think that's specific to them...i have indian friends but the friend i'm closest to is of nigerian origin...in fact she is more like me in terms of values/beliefs/stands on issues than my most indian friends are...so you can't generalize!!!...
op: i've heard stanford has a good indian pop!!</p>
<p>hmm I'm Indian myself but most of my friends are not Indian... but I do notice that every single grade in our school has their own little indian clique where some indians hang out together. I would imagine that those sorts of cliques probably exist at Stanford as well (not just Indian ones btw), so I guess it's just up to you to decide!</p>
<p>Right, my question wasn't really about whether there are Indian cliques at Stanford... I'm not looking for a clique (I'm Indian myself, but most of my closest friends are not Indian, although I have Indian friends as well).</p>
<p>The question was really just about how large the Indian population is there. Does anyone know of any statistics?</p>
<p>heh i hear it's pretty high... though I dont know what it's like.
excited to go to stanford but i hope it's not like chinese + chinese and indian + indian, etc cliques like that... (I'm indian, btw)</p>
<p>in HS, i have had 2 indian friends (most indians below my grade level try to get my GPA, scores, etc etc... so except for 1 girl who's my grade and one guy who went to harvard last year, i don't try to associate w/ indians :( )</p>
<p>Also, are indians really competitive amongst each other at stanford?</p>
<p>haha i think this is thread is losing control. remember indians are PEOPLE!</p>
<p>There is generally a large DESI population in Silicon Valley, including at Stanford.
You may wish to visit Sanskriti, Stanford's South Asian Organization at:</p>
<pre><code> http://www.stanford.edu/group/sanskriti/
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<p>Founded in 1989, Sanskriti has expanded quickly to become one of the largest cultural groups at Stanford. With over 500 members, Sanskriti functions as a portal that connects the Stanford community to South Asian culture. By exploring history and tradition, addressing issues of sociopolitical importance, presenting a social forum for our members, and promoting our performances and lively arts to the rest of the Stanford community, Sanskriti seeks to strengthen student awareness of South Asian culture.</p>