Hey!
I think I’m joining Baylor as a first year on Spring 2019 but before I make my decision I wanted to clear some things up. I’ve heard that there’s lack of diversity @ Baylor and some racist claims. I don’t want to make assumptions since I don’t know but since I’m an international student and hispanic I’m quite hesitant of that. I don’t mind being a minority O was just mainly concerned about the racist claims. I hope that’s not true but I would appreciate anyone’s opinion
@Everblooming - when we visited the campus, I asked a few students about what appeared to be a lack of diversity on the campus (I specifically asked minority students). They all said there were no issues. (My son is Hispanic so I wanted to know what the atmosphere would be like.) So, obviously, it was a very small sampling since I only asked a couple of students so I would be interested in any other information you find out. I also asked a couple of Baylor alumni who are Hispanic and they both said they felt comfortable there and did not have any issues.
Good luck to you!
My freshmen daughter has so many friends of different ethnicities (including Hispanic), I’m very surprised that Baylor is seen as a school that lacks diversity. This was very surprising to read.
Baylor is a very diverse campus now. It used to be very white and very Baptist a decade ago but not any more. You’ll find plenty of racial, financial, political, religious, geographical and lifestyle diversity there. They attract more international students as well. We went for a tour and felt really good about diversity factor, even saw few students comfortably walking around in Jewish hats, Muslim headscarfs and Sikh turbans. It’s Texas so lots of Hispanics and blacks go there and you should feel very much at home there.
It’s still a college with white, religious,athletic, conservative, affluent majority but much more accepting and open to others than you would imagine.
Real diversity to me is how accepting of everyone are students and admin. You can’t get the exact mix of whatever.