<p>Wow a bit of a contentious thread. But I am laughing because they just pulled my niece off the waitlist: as an FYI she is geograpahically outside the midwest, is of Iranian & Lithuanian descent, with a Moslem grandfather, Jewish father and Protestant Iranian mother. She herself agnostic right now but raised Jewish and WANTED a catholic school and turned down the very “diverse” Northwestern for Boston College in part, and ironically, because NU was so “diverse” it became homogenous in some respects -at least for certain majors. She is politically probably a bit left and is very bright, engaged and kind. She will go to BC if she doesn’t take this spot from Notre Dame. Thats the type of student ND just accepted. I am a huge fan of ND whether she goes or not (and as the Aunt, also not Catholic). BTW, The admissions staff was amazing compared to all the other universities to which she applied. Even she was impressed by them.</p>
<p>North2South,</p>
<p>Absolutely agree with your comments on admission staff. Son applied to many tier-ones, top LAC’s and some Ivies. It goes without saying - Notre Dame is the real deal…what you see is what you get. Admissions is no “window dressing” they are the first and best contact showing potential students what the family of Notre Dame is all about. Kudos to a great staff at a great University.</p>
<p>PS…“very bright, engaged and kind” is at the very heart of the student body at this very special place!</p>
<p>chillax people</p>
<p>Catholic Church Demographics are: 65%White (non-Hispanic)2%Black (non-Hispanic)2%Asian (non-Hispanic)2%Other/Mixed (non-Hispanic)29%Hispanic. Besides Hispanics, all the other ethnicities are over represented. If you think about it, a lot of the Hispanics are recent immigrants as well.</p>
<p>privcaboose, </p>
<p>i’m also an asian american and i’m also applying 
i talked with a few asian students attending ND (they’re family friends) and they said it wasn’t a problem and they feel right at home.</p>
<p>I think the minorities at ND are the students that don’t love it and of course, the Protestants. As a Protestant with a D there, I believe ND is a great place for anyone. She became great friends with her Asian roomie freshman year and their group is mainly one based on their dorm. Also, I have an Asian neighbor with a freshman son and the mom reports he loved it from day 1. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how they do it but they do have those kids singing with their arms around one another on the first weekend. Hurts a tiny bit when D refers to ND as “home”.</p>
<p>Being asian is not a problem you should worry about at all. Example 1 can be seen as recent as this past weekend when Notre Dame students put on a program called “Asian Allure” that featured a lot of cultural groups performing a variety of different ethnic dances/programs. If you’re really worried about being in the minority, join one the MANY groups here at ND and get involved - I guarantee that you will find a great group of people from these types of groups.</p>