Asians at Dartmouth?

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<p>Are there any? How do they fit in?</p>

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<p>Yes, there are Asians...The class of 2008 had 16%, which was less than the years before. I think the school average is around 19%. As for fitting in, that's going to depend on the person. Some people prefer hanging out with mainly other Asians, but I'd say most mix it up.</p>

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<p>That must have been the accepted percentage. The actual enrolled percentage of Asian-Americans is 12%.</p>

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<p>1 in 10 is not bad, I guess. It'll be an adjustment from the 9 in 10 in Hawaii.</p>

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<p>Funny. Why don't asians want to go to dartmouth?</p>

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<p>I don't think that's what those stats reflect. All colleges accept two to three times more people than they have room for in the class, because they know not everyone will choose attend. The attendance rate would be lower than the acceptance rate for any race.</p>

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<p>True. The yield (percentage of accepted students who actually enroll) varies tremendously by race. African American yield is terribly low with Hispanic not far behind -- a factor that makes affirmative action an uphill battle. Asian yield usually tracks pretty closely with White yield from what I've seen. Dartmouth has pretty solid Asian enrollment at 12%. In general, I think you'll find that the East Coast schools in more urban locations, with less emphasis on athletics, and less of a "party" reputation have the highest Asian-American enrollments. Both Harvard and Swarthmore are at 16% or so.</p>

<p>None of the east coast schools come close to the Asian enrollment of the California schools -- an obvious consequence of demographics in the regions.</p>

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<p>if you think asians dont want to go to dartmouth, lets look at davidson...in the class of 2008:<br>
African American: 8.6%
American Indian: .9%
Asian American: 2.4%
Caucasian: 74.8%!!!
Hispanic/Latino: 4.9%
International: 3.0%
Other or Unreported: 5.3%
im asian (indian) too, 12% is a decent number for dartmouth</p>

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<p>I don't know to what degree this will help explain the Asian Population of Dartmouth, but according to the US Census 95% of all Asians/Pacific Islanders live in Metropolitan areas. Obviously Hanover is not a Metroplitan area. That isn't to say students won't choose to live in a different environment than they are accustomed to (obviously many Asians choose Dartmouth).
In either case I think this might have some bearing on how many Asians choose Dartmouth.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-540.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p20-540.pdf&lt;/a>
from the Census:
"Nearly all Asians and Pacific
Islanders live in metropolitan
areas.
Ninety-five percent of all Asians
and Pacific Islanders lived in metropolitan
areas, a much greater
proportion than of non-Hispanic
Whites (78 percent). Of the two
populations, Asians and Pacific
Islanders were twice as likely to
live in central cities located in metropolitan
areas (41 percent compared
with 21 percent)."</p>

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<p>hurray, im one of the other 5%....</p>

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<p>I think that many of the international students are Asian, which accounts for why that number seems a bit low.</p>

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<p>Isn't Palo Alto not a metropolitan area? Also, Cornell should have a large asian population..</p>