<p>i know like BC is like mainly white. Give me the honest truth, are asians like integrated into the college crowd or like their separate enclave</p>
<p>i think it depends on the individual asian person. two of my friends who go here from home are asian and they have friends who are white and friends who are asian. theyre both roomming in mixed suites next year so for them you can say theyre integrated. however, in my freshman dorm there is definetly and "asian clique".. theyre not relaly friends with anyone else and definetly can be considered to have their seperate enclave.</p>
<p>that being said there are the asian parties and asian groups on campus.. but that doesnt mean you can be friends with everyone. ive been to an asian party before with my two friends from home where ive been almsot hte only white person there and i still had a really good time.</p>
<p>if you want to be integrated.. you will be</p>
<p>I'm Asian and I have a grand total of TWO Asian friends. I'm not boasting here. I came from a high school that is comprised of 30% Asians and most, if not all, of my high school friends were Asians. Some how that didn't happen here at BC. In my freshman year I lived in a floor where 15% were Asians (rather high) but I ended up making all Caucasian friends. I think that it's the fact that the college experience was so new for many of us that we just tried to find friends who share the same interest or seem like a nice person as fast possible without regard to the racial factor. If you could crack a Family Guy joke or compare the merit of South Park versus The Simpson, then I'm all for hanging out with you. (One of my white roommates has the complete Family Guy and Simpson collection on DVD, needless to say we got along really well.)</p>
<p>An Asian clique does develop. I won't name name, but if you attend BC you will know which Asian clique--consisted of only one Asian group--is the most prominent at BC. One of my two Asian friends and I were having a conversation about this last year. She said she really like to be friend with one or two of them, but she couldn't penetrate their group. They are so freaking big and intimidating, and doesn't seem like they want to hang out with anyone else. Not saying they are an exclusive gang--they are very friendly--but they don't seem like they want to make close friend with anyone else.</p>
<p>I don't think BC culture is at fault here. I'm coming from an ultra-clique high school and I'm having a blast socially at BC. The clique that I mentioned above seemed to form by itself because these kids just really like to hang out with people of their own makeup and cultural background. There is no pressure to do so and there is really no need to do so.</p>
<p>If you want to see for yourself, visit BC during a regular school day (preferably Tuesday) and walk through all the cafeterias from 11am-1 pm and observe for yourself the makeup of the tables.</p>
<p>I am asian as well and I can relate to Reddune quite a bit. There are 3 oriental asians on my floor including me out of a total of about 40 people. Most of my friends at BC are white and I really could care less if I did hang out with one particular group over another. Now, an attempt at answering your question. If you mean integrated into the white crwod, there is no doubt in my mind that you'll be able to do so (take Reddune and me as examples). However, as Reddune pointed out, there are many cliques on campus, and it seems as if the asians stick together. Again, you'll notice the groups of people during lunch and dinner.</p>
<p>If you walk into McElroy dining hall, you see Asians sitting with Asians, African Americans with African Americans, Caucasians with Caucasians, etc. I don't think any group is "cliquey" in the sense it doesn't allow other races into their group but they do stick together. All of the Asians I know have 95% Asian friends, which I think might be because there are so many Asian clubs on campus where they meet one another.</p>
<p>Yeah it really depends on the individual, though a lot of Asians tend to stick together. One of my four best friends here is Asian and he has white friends and Asian friends. It really just depends on who the person wants to be friends with. And the KSA is huge and is probably the cliquiest Asian group on campus, not that they're not friendly and welcoming to everybody, but they're definitely "the" asian clique.</p>
<p>Which countries do most of these Asian come from? US or oversea?
Is it very hard for Asians oversea to apply BC? harder than Asian Americans?</p>
<p>"Is it very hard for Asians oversea to apply BC? harder than Asian Americans?"</p>
<p>Nope. Most of BC international students are from Asia. I know BU and BC are doing recruiting there. Not as much as some other schools, but Asia is in the mind of BC recruiters ($$$). It's not harder for Asian-Americans to apply or to get in to BC. There's one thing that does surprise me though: there isn't a lot of Asians in the Honors Program (top 4-5%). I'm Asian, and I know about 3 other Asians in the program--two of them are Indians studying premed (I'm not trying to stereotype here folks).</p>