<p>This is an open question to any current student at UCSD... how would you describe the racial diversity at UCSD? More importantly, with the 'holistic review' process being implemented this year, do you think that UCSD will be more/less diverse?</p>
<p>It’s not as diverse as it should be, but there are good resources for minority students that are getting better as time goes on (we’re finally getting a Black Resource Center, for example; up until now there was just the Cross-Cultural Center and BSU and MEChA had to share space) and I would definitely say there are visible and active minority communities. If you give us an idea of what kind of community you’re looking for we’d probably be able to help you out more. </p>
<p>And unfortunately, no I don’t. California schools are prohibited by proposition 209 from considering race and ethnicity as factors in admissions decisions, so it’s unlikely the more holistic approach will change anything.</p>
<p>Like samedifference alluded to, UCSD is not all too diverse given the racial breakdown at other similarly-ranked schools. This is a problem among most of the UCs, however, as many are 80%+ White/Asian, with a couple of exceptions. </p>
<p>Even if Prop 209 prevents racial profiling, most schools can use a proxy measure of SES (which is good, in my opinion) to preferentially admit lower-income students.</p>
<p>@1x612nt13 The racial diversity here is honestly not as great as it could be. SD is comprised mostly of Asians and Caucasians. There is also a decent amount of Latino students. However, I feel like there is a lot of economic diversity. I know tons of people who came from very low-income families, and I know others who come from upper-class households. Nobody really cares.</p>
<p>SD started using a “holistic review” last year and several people I’ve talked to agree there is a noticeable increase in African Americans on campus. It will probably increase again this year. However, it’s still not a significant proportion.</p>
<p>I don’t know what minority group you fit into, but there is a BSU on campus as well as a few Hispanic organizations, a Native American org and a few others. I hope that makes you feel better.</p>
<p>Its so big either way, I dont think it should matter. Yeah you’ll see mostly Asians and Caucasians, but its definitely not rare to see other races. You can find any group of people from any race to mingle with, you just need to keep an open mind. (and maybe put a bit more effort)</p>
<p>I am not too sure on this but it seems pretty intuitive for me to think that it will be more racially diverse with a holistic review but just a little bit more. Now I am not saying that the purpose of the holistic review is to gather minorities. It just so happens that if you move away from GPA and standardized tests, you are also shifting away from caucasians and asians who tend to do better on those things ( not to say that minorities group other than asians are unqualified, but if you are using criteria where minorities group traditionally don’t excel in because of unequal life chances then yeah. just something my professor brought up about how the UC system is structurally racist. which i also also note is different from discrimination which is overt. lol opps i digress )</p>