<p>Well i need some serious help on this front.</p>
<p>Ive heard that BC is straight up white/preppy/catholic with a lot of stuck up rich racist people.</p>
<p>So can someone please shed some light on this in terms of ethnicities/religions/ political affiliations? Im the kind of person who wants to see A LOT of diversity and openness to ideas. I’ve also looked at Boston university and wonder which is better on this front?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>erm. if you're looking for a lot of diversity (based on ethnicity and religion), bc is really not the place for you. if you just go and visit, you'll immediately see that most of the kids are white. </p>
<p>i don't think BC kids are racist though. but they are probably rich. </p>
<p>in my opinion, BU is so much more diverse. </p>
<p>i think you should really visit and see for yourself. it'll give you a good idea.</p>
<p>i think the white/preppy/catholic/rich part applies. probably not racist, but maybe unintentionally so.</p>
<p>^^ I understand that there aren't a lot of races, but do they interact or are all the minorities sort of lumped together?</p>
<p>Regardless if they do it themselves</p>
<p>well definitely people of different races interact w/ one another, but the minorities really do "lump" together lol. in my pov, it's just natural for a person, esp. if you are a minority, to be more inclined to hang out w/ someone of the same race. it's just attraction i guess. it's not as if people dislike others of different races; it's just that there's a stronger bond (particularly cultural) w/ someone who shares the same ethnicity as you.</p>
<p>okay because i never had that bond and i wanted to know how it was at BC, but I figure that I'll have this problem wherever I go, including getting a job and things like that. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I will have to admit that there is little diversity at BC; however, BC is making a serious attempt at diversifying the campus. It seems as if every year BC accepts less Caucasian students and more students in the minority. </p>
<p>As far as preppy and stuck up people here at BC, there are few and far between. There is no major correlation between people who wear preppy clothes and people who are stuck up. There are a few that I've met who are stuck up, but the majority of students are accepting of all people of different economic, social, and ethnic backgrounds. It just all depends on you as the person to get to know these people. </p>
<p>To be completely honest, students here are very cliquey. The black students, hispanic (for the most part), and the korean students all converse with each other and generally do not converse with people outside of their ethnicity; however, this is more of the fact that these students alienate themselves from the other students as opposed to other students alienating the different minority groups.</p>
<p>Personally, I'm of Asian descent and have friends of all backgrounds. I would say the majority of my friends are caucasian with very few asian friends at BC.</p>
<p>"To be completely honest, students here are very cliquey. The black students, hispanic (for the most part), and the korean students all converse with each other and generally do not converse with people outside of their ethnicity; however, this is more of the fact that these students alienate themselves from the other students as opposed to other students alienating the different minority groups."</p>
<p>This is very true.</p>
<p>hmm, I made an error in there. Instead of ethnicity I meant ethnic group, but hopefully it'll be understood.</p>
<p>agreed miragemage.</p>