<p>As a student at a prestigious prep school in New England, I’ve been exposed to the whole white-supremacy atmosphere (although intangible most of the time). It has been very evident that, compared to other minorities at the school, Asian students suffer the most from the invisible discrimination, caused by fellow students as well as faculty members. No matter how intelligent or how hard one tries, if he/she is an Asian student, the grades will be lower than expected or deserved. In other words, a white or black student, who works only half as hard as Asian students and whose produced works (essays, tests, etc.) are simply incomparable to the ones of the minority students, receives a better grade. </p>
<p>Therefore, before I decide to choose my future school, I wanted to become more familiar with the Wharton atmosphere. I understand that the school emphasizes the importance of leadership and group work. If an Asian student belongs to a project group with 5 white students, will he/she be able to receive the deserved grade? Will he/she be able to showcase his/her leadership skills? More importantly, will the professors noticed the significant involvement of the Asian student? </p>
<p>Although we are already five years into the 21st century, discrimination and racism exist almost everywhere in the United States. Can a minority student walk out of Wharton after four years feeling satisfied that he/she was fully and properly credited for his/her efforts and productivity? So, how really is the racial discrimination within the Wharton community? If you are a current/former Wharton student, do you think that the Wharton faculty consistently treats everyone (white, black, asian, and other students of other ethnicities) with equal respect? </p>
<p>Although I am not the traditional Asian (i.e., oriental), I have many Indian and Asian friends who have gone to Wharton and Penn and are performing brilliantly. In fact, three Asians are in the prestigious M&T program and are excelling, while several more are performing very well. </p>
<p>Perhaps your high school is more racist than most. I have never thought for a second that an Indian or Asian person would not be welcomed and treated fairly at UPenn.</p>
<p>If anything, Penn/Wharton have an over-abundance of asians. In addition, if you really need to connect to your asian brothas', check out Huntsman (disproportionally asian, even by Wharton standards!).</p>
<p>i agree with raven001...about 50% (or more) of the huntsman and M&T crowd is Indian or Asian...as far as my experience has been, Indians and Asians are viewed as the smart ones on campus; absolutely no discrimination!!!</p>
<p>raven001, why do you think I even started this thread? Because I already knew about the disproportional abundance of Asian students at Penn that live without any discrimination?</p>
<p>I agree. There is no discrimination against Asian students at Wharton at all, whether by faculty or fellow students. There are a ton of Asian students at Penn and Wharton and you will become a part of a very strong community. The one thing that I would say that I experienced is that Asian students tend to socialize amongst their own ethnicities - so the Chinese students, Korean students, Indian students, Vietnamese students, etc. hang out within their own ethnicity a lot. Of course, people of all races socilialize with each other but I found this ethnic segregation a little weird from what I was used to. This is for Penn as a whole. Maybe it has something to do with what generation you are. I don't know.</p>
<p>not just for penn, in my area---no1 is that discriminated. Sure there may be verbal slurs, but no1 is treated like that. I'm pretty sure most of the US (well...at least the east coast) is very tolerant. There's nothign to worry... idunno where u'd get such an idea</p>
<p>whoa. that's odd. i don't think i've ever experienced that in my school years... where being asian would mean getting less credit. but in any case, school is one thing. the business world is another. =/</p>