<p>I was wondering if any of you knew the demographics of the school because I really want to diversify my circle of friends and not have too many Asians like in high school..haha. if you know what i mean.</p>
<p>Caucasian 35%<br>
Asian, Asian American, Pacific Islander 30%<br>
Black/African American 8%<br>
Latino, Hispanic 4%<br>
Native American 1%<br>
Unspecified 22% </p>
<p>from emory’s website
[Apply</a> to Emory](<a href=“Admission | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>Admission | Emory University | Atlanta GA)</p>
<p>[Class</a> Profile](<a href=“Admission | Emory University | Atlanta GA”>Admission | Emory University | Atlanta GA)</p>
<p>That is the link to the Class Profile of the Class of 2012 at Emory (most recent data available, although the data will probably be updated in the fall).</p>
<p>Emory does seem to have a lot of Asians (about 30 percent) and Jewish people (30 percent). Not that I have anything against Asians or Jews, but in my opinion, that is too diverse. Emory also probably includes international students from Asia in the Asian demographic too though; I know Emory does have a substantial Korean population within that Asian demographic. Duke and Rice have similar stats for Asians: Duke is about 25% Asian and Rice is about 22% Asian.</p>
<p>I am assuming Rice University is your first choice 
If you have any questions about applying to Emory (which was also one of my top choices when I was applying) or Rice, please feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>“but in my opinion, that is too diverse”</p>
<p>Wow. Really? I’m not one for political correctness, but that’s a pretty ridiculous statement. </p>
<p>According to their website, Rice is about 52% white. It’s practically the same distribution as Emory (where 42% are students of color). Houston and Atlanta are both very, very diverse cities. </p>
<p>RiceRiceRice, you should take into account that Emory is fortunate enough to be in Atlanta, not Houston. Although it certainly has no bearing on the quality of Rice as a University, Houston is a s-hole. I’ve lived there and so have several friends. None of us really cared for it, especially compared to Atlanta.</p>
<p>@dgeball: I’m a South Asian myself. And I went to a very “undiverse” high school. 92 percent of it was white, and that was not good. Now I am a firm believer in diversity because a lack of diversity causes many problems. But I strongly believe that Asians are over-represented at Emory. Asians make up 6-8 percent of the U.S.'s population, and they make up 30 percent of Emory. I can understand if they made up 15 percent or 20 percent of Emory’s population, but I believe that 30 percent is too much. That means every third person is Asian. How is that an accurate cross-section of society? Even my Asian friends believe that is too many Asians.</p>
<p>I should not be scorned for making such a statement because it is not a racist statement. Political correctness in this country automatically labels such an opinion as a racist, bigoted statement. But if you have an open mind and think about it, it isn’t bigoted. All things in life and in society must occur in a balance. Diversity should also occur in a balance… not too many whites, not too many Asians, etc. Diversity should be a balance between all the races and not have one or two races dominate.</p>
<p>22% make up the unspecified category? Why do some label themselves that?</p>
<p>I’m fairly certain “unspecified” means that they didn’t choose to report their race on the application form.</p>
<p>Slik nik - There’s a difference between saying “too diverse” and claiming a population is over represented. Since diverse means to be “composed of distinct or unlike qualities” (Webster’s definition), I took “too diverse” to mean that there are too many people representing different populations than the majority (white). Whether or not that’s what you meant, it’s what you said.</p>
<p>Also, you said earlier, “Duke and Rice have similar stats for Asians: Duke is about 25% Asian and Rice is about 22% Asian.” If you think that Emory has an over-representation of Asians, and you think that Rice and Duke have similar stats for Asians as Emory, then you think that Asians are also over represented at all three schools. Your reasoning and comments just really don’t make sense.</p>
<p>The reason that I’m pointing this out, by the way, is that there seems to be a blatant anti-Emory voice on this board from current or future students from Rice. Search previous threads if you don’t know what I’m talking about. I believe that both are great schools with distinct advantages or disadvantages. But it’s really not fair when people trash Emory without any firsthand experience with the University. It’s really a great place for those students that fit well there. If that happens to be you, then you should have all the information to make that decision. If Rice happens to be the best school for you, so be it, but that doesn’t mean that Emory isn’t the best place for someone else.</p>
<p>I decided to put “unspecified” on my app because I thought that my race would hurt me in admissions</p>
<p>Would you say that normally, just normally, that most that put unspecified are of minority ethnicity. That would make Emory even more diverse haha</p>
<p>@dgeball: I am not trying to contribute to the “anti-Emory voice.” In fact, Emory was my choice over Rice and I turned Emory down because they gave less FA. It has been my dream school since 9th grade.</p>
<p>I was just pointing out one downside that I saw with Emory. And that was Asians were overrepresented at Emory. You may not see it as a downside, but I did. By pointing out one downside, am I bashing Emory? No. If I was bashing Emory, I would have stated flat out that Emory sucks or something of that caliber. The over-representation did not even contribute to my decision not to attend Emory.</p>
<p>Emory has an amazing campus, brilliant professors, and awesome experiences (who else gets to say that they listened to Jimmy Carter in person?). Their new advising system seems to be very strong as well. Plus, they have a lot of cool technology on campus, and their facilities are first-rate. I’ve visited the campus 3 times, and I noticed all of these wonderful things on campus.</p>
<p>I put unspecified on my application as well. I would think it would be mostly over-represented races (white, asian), because someone might think that it could hurt them slightly. Since Emory does use AA in admission, being a minority would help with admission.</p>
<p>Just a note - By 30% Asian, the site means that Asians make up 30% of the FRESHMEN class, not the whole school’s student body.</p>
<p>with 30% reported asian, and 35% reported white, and with 22% unspecified, do you think it would be possible that in the end, there are more asians than whites? That is something only found in the California schools haha. Pretty amazing.</p>
<p>Yes, a few days ago, I was pondering the same thing. Something tells me (I know it’s awful to assume) that most (60-70%) of that 22% may be Asian (on the grounds that many may view the reporting of their race as a disadvantage in admissions. I am not sure), which would give them a slight edge over Caucasians. Also, people need to keep in mind that “Asian” is not restricted to “east” Asian countries. I’m fairly certain that it counts the middle eastern and Indian students.
While some consider that as over-representation, I consider it amazing as you do. Considering that Emory is in the Southeast, that’s pretty diverse in my opinion. I think Vanderbilt (another awesome school/southern Ivy) compared to Emory is still solidly white. In fact, about 60-70% white and also has a lower percentage of international students.<br>
In my opinion, the question for this demographic group would be, why Emory as opposed to Vanderbilt which generally has the same rank and academic reputation, and D1 athletics? I think it attests to the fact that there is indeed something at Emory that may be more attractive to this group. I think that’s significant.</p>
<p>oh yeah, another thing i notice, on the facebook group for class of 2013, it really does not seem that the 30% of asian figure really is true though. there really aren’t that many on there! oh well, we’ll find out in less than a week! As i said when i made this thread, I really want to diversify my circle of friends and not just hang out particularly with asians.</p>
<p>That number will not necessarily be reflected there as upperclassmen such as I were also able to join the Emory class of 2013 facebook group (In fact, I did). Again, remember to count Indian/Middle Eastern students before making such a statement. Trust me, when you get there you’ll believe the 30%. I know this from a year’s experience.</p>
<p>The truth about Emory’s “diversity”</p>
<p>Same people, different skin color. Except for the Korean Internationals, who won’t talk to you anyway.</p>