<p>Now liberal arts colleges are usually small and exclusive right?? And given their small class sizes, most likely you're going to be the only Indian kid in your class..........are these places really good for "living", I mean, how hard is to integrate yourself without sticking out like a sore thumb and actually have a good experience???</p>
<p>You want to go to the US to meet other Indians?</p>
<p>Some LACs are more diverse than others. Don’t group all of them together.</p>
<p>At Williams for example, yes, you will probably be one of only a handful of Indians in the entire graduating class. Although, generally, colleges in the North East are very accepting of foreign students so if you don’t mind being the only one of your ethnicity there, no one else is really going to mind either.</p>
<p>@blue_box: lol…of course no - one of the primary reasons I’m applying to the US is for the diversity thing…but still, I’m sure most people will be uncomfortable if they are the ONLY ONE of their ethnicity in a college…</p>
<p>^Yep.Id want the college to have atleast a few Indians and a few NRI’s/abcd’s.</p>
<p>Okay, I’m the only Indian (not NRI or ABCD or something) in my graduating class, and its not so bad. Sure, there are some uncomfortable moments, but I didn’t come here to form friend circles with other Indians (<em>cough</em>Purdue<em>cough</em>). What you should look for is how many other international students there are, because that will give you the best college experience.
In general, colleges in the north east will be more comfortable with your accent, while colleges in the south are too polite to tell you that they can’t understand what you’re saying.</p>
<p>Bluebox, are there Americans at Purdue? :P</p>
<p>your point is taken and entirely true, blue_box, but as I said before - most people definitely need at least a couple of other Indians…</p>
<p>btw, is there a concept of single rooms in US colleges???</p>
<p>Aniruddh: I believe they’re a minority. Heh.</p>
<p>Rsaxena: Yes, single rooms do exist. They are mostly for upperclassmen.</p>
<p>Who’s an upperclassman?</p>
<p>Generally juniors and seniors. Rarely sophomores.</p>
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I always fear that too. I think the image of the Indian frosh from New Delhi shown in Hollywood movies screws with our heads lol. At least, I should hope so.</p>
<p>ani: nope only indianians and Indians :P</p>
<p>I am also wondering this, because I am planning to apply to some LACs. I am going to apply for a humanities major, not engineering, so I don’t know how many Indians there will be anyway. Those who have experienced this, what is it like? Please share your experiences.</p>
<p>You live in Hong Kong? I assume you have experience living with other people round the world. You shouldn’t have a problem.</p>
<p>I’m concerned about being the only person of my race to when applying to LAC’s. But, i’m going to apply to places like Columbia (In NYC) where there is tons of diversity and everybody from everywhere is there. I know a guy from India that goes there. A lot of students from India go there. So yeah, you want to be somewhere where you will feel comfortable and not awkward.</p>
<p>If you’re from India, and you feel comfortable everywhere in college, then you’re doing something wrong.</p>
<p>This year’s Yale admits actually go out for Indian food occasionally together.That is so nice.I hear Yale’s food is pathetic.And big time pathetic.It seems like they dont even put salt when they make food when one eats it apparently.</p>
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<p>What do you mean? And yeah, I study in a pretty diverse international school in Hong Kong. Still feel sometimes out of place though, as I am interested in completely different movies and music compared to everyone else but fast adapting :).</p>
<p>I was considering Williams but I’m really not sure because of it’s rep as a predominantly white and preppy school-anyone here who’s visited/is at Williams?
The accent thing isn’t a problem for me because my accent isn’t hard to understand and it’s a mix of several different ones, but I do want diversity in terms of nationalities only because I’ve been in International schools half my life and I don’t want to go somewhere where International students are a complete anomaly or, heaven forbid, ostracized.
Also putturani-I’m gonna do a double major with my main focus in English and not a science, way to break out of the mold! :D</p>