<p>I will be attending one of the Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges in the country and of course I'm excited about what's next to come. However, the school itself has a small African American population (a measly 4% actually)--fortunately they are working on changing that. I'm a bit worried about the dating "prospects" at my college because of the small percentage of minority students. That isn't to say that I'd be adverse to dating outside of my ethnicity (I'd actually quite welcome it), but I know a good number of students prefer to date within their own ethnicity. And I can respect that different people have different preferences when it comes to dating (i.e. attractiveness, personality, intelligence, ethnicity), but I also don't want to feel "left out" either. We all know that the Top 25 or so universities and LACs tend to have a limited number of AA students, so I was wondering if anyone on CC would like to comment on Dating Life at these colleges if they are attending them or will attend them at the moment. Or if you are still an underclassmen in HS, comment on how you feel about this topic.</p>
<p>College is about learning and experiencing new things. I’ve had plenty of women who aren’t my ethnicity (which is hispanic) show some attraction towards me, which probably would have allowed me to date them had i put in the effort. </p>
<p>Granted though, i go to what might be the most socioeconimic and ethincally diverse university in the world. So take what i say with a grain of salt. My point is that there’s plenty of people at college who want to date people they’ve never dated before, and have the freedom to do things there parents might forbid. </p>
<p>As long as you’re fairly charming, you should have no trouble with dates.</p>
<p>Your prospects differ according to your gender. If you’re male you’re likely to have better dating prospects.</p>
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<p>are you a male or female? what was your high school like?</p>
<p>I’m a female. My High School was filled mostly with upper-middle class white students (70%), Hispancics (15%), Blacks (5%), Asians (3%), Other (7%). But this is just a rough estimate.</p>
<p>^ ah that changes things entirely. Sorry, i was assuming you were a male. No doubt you’ll get dates in college, there are always guys asking women out. You’ll likely have many people interested in you, and will go on many dates :)</p>
<p>I would not worry ! you seem to have a very positive outlook and your concern probably has more to do with going off to college, having a lot of new found independence,and starting off with a whole new set of people in your daily life!</p>
<p>Thanks, beyphy and zobroward. I’d always believed that black males had a much more social dating life than females, at least from what I’ve seen and heard. . .</p>