<p>i went to visit princeton and it seemed to be predominantly white. the town was very nice but also seemed to be predominantly white. i want to apply to princeton early decision but my major concern is whether or not i will be able to fit in. im born and raised in nyc so have always been in a multicultural environemnt. i read about the current valedictorian being indian but i was wondering if there were a good amount of indians and whether they got along well and idk any information from any student currently attending princeton about different ethnicities. also any general info about ppl going to med school after princeton and such. i really want to apply ed. thanks.</p>
<p>i know for a fact that NJ has the largest numbers of South Asians in the country (even more than NY and CA!!!).</p>
<p>SO I am pretty sure that there should be a fair number of "desis" in Princeton and the surronding areas.</p>
<p>you might try contacting someone with SASA, the south asian students assoc. i'm sure they'd be happy to answer your Q's.</p>
<p><a href="mailto:sasa@princeton.edu">sasa@princeton.edu</a>
<a href="http://www.princeton.edu/%7Esasa/%5B/url%5D">http://www.princeton.edu/~sasa/</a></p>
<p>Here's the site you want: </p>
<p>All colleges SSA groups:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.garamchai.com/indassc.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.garamchai.com/indassc.htm</a></p>
<p>Harvard: <a href="http://www.harvardsaa.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.harvardsaa.org/</a></p>
<p>Yale: <a href="http://www.cis.yale.edu/yalesas/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.cis.yale.edu/yalesas/index.html</a></p>
<p>Brown: <a href="http://www.brownsasa.org/%5B/url%5D">http://www.brownsasa.org/</a></p>
<p>While India remains the country that sends the most students to college in the United States, undergraduate enrollments for students from India have dropped by 9 percent, according to a recent study.</p>
<p>This year, 79,736 students from India are enrolled in universities across the country, according to the Open Doors 2004 report.</p>
<p>Ricardo Maldonado, the assistant director for admissions at Harvard University's International Office, said that factors such a booming economy could encourage a higher standard of living which would motivate more Indian students to pursue education at Harvard, often on their own steam.</p>
<p>Maldonado said Harvard has 167 students from India - a rise from last year's number of 133. Institutions such as Harvard do not seem to have suffered from the drop in the numbers of international student enrollments.</p>
<p>This year, the university has 3,546 international students, an increase of 4.2 percent from last year's number of 3,402. </p>
<p>ivybound1010, if thefacebook is any indication (with total of 621 members for 2009) there are lots n lots of indians (i'd say atleast 40+), chinese, hispanics, african american, etc. etc. at pton
also, most of these students are usually 2nd generation or ppl who have been in the US for sometime. in the recent past the average acceptance of Indian students (from India) at HYPSM has been only about 4-5 students/uni/year</p>
<p>there are plenty! i was there for April Hosting Weekend and there was a multitude of Indian performing arts groups/associations. </p>
<p>--David--</p>
<p>also the facebook group for princeton called desi09 has about 15 members (a lot considering only 4 students were accepted from india) .... so the indian community at princeton is very strongly represented, there are various south indian religious groups, dance groups (naacho, bhangra association), communities....so although the actual 'indians' are just 4 in the freshman year.....the real figure is more around 15-20 includint the non-resident indians :)</p>
<p>[From the Yale Daily News this spring] </p>
<p>"As for the slight decline in Asian-American numbers [at Yale], SRC officer Stephanie Teng '06 said Asian-American students may be losing spots to other minorities. Teng said there is also speculation that Yale may be losing Asian-American students due to the University's perceived weakness in the sciences or the Asian-American community's preference for Harvard and Stanford, Teng said.</p>
<p>"There's always this myth that Asians are moving out of the affirmative action race, because all the benefits for minorities are for Hispanics, Native-Americans, blacks," said Teng, a former board member for the Chinese American Student's Association. "That is a bad way for Asian Americans to think about it, but the reality is that so many kids are applying to Ivy League schools in the whole push to diversify the student body amongst the minority applicants, the Asian American seat is lost to other minorities."</p>
<p>While Yale's minority population stands at 32 percent, minorities make up 37 percent of Harvard and 31.4 percent of Princeton's non-international undergraduate population. Harvard has more Asian-American students -- 19.1 percent compared to Yale's 14.9 -- but has roughly the same percentage of other minorities. Princeton's statistics also closely mirror those of Yale. Stanford has a much higher minority population -- over 50 percent in 2004 -- but that is in large part because Stanford draws more of its students from California, the most diverse state in the union, Shaw said."</p>
<p>the OP "really" wants to ED to princeton. i don't see the word "harvard" anywhere in his original post. thanks anyway, though, for searching through all the campus papers for evidence of harvard's supposed superiority on this measure.</p>
<p>According to the OP, "my major concern is whether or not I will be able to fit in' given the relative lack of diversity, since Princeton "seem(s) to be predominantly white." </p>
<p>The answer, of course, is "compared to where?"</p>
<p>the constant undermining and veiled bashing continues. get help for your inferiority complex. </p>
<p>--David--</p>
<p>There are many Indians at Pton. I know at least two and if you ever need there help let me know.</p>
<p>hellousdad, you an indian or do you live in princeton?</p>
<p>Are you an Indian-Indian, or Indian-American?</p>
<p>If you are an Indian-American, I don't think you shouldn't have any problem fitting in ANY of the top 365 colleges.</p>
<p>yo ivybound, i live in princeton junction, and i would like to assure you that my high school was 45% asian (something like 15% indian). ill be at princeton this year, and im indian. although admittedly i havent seen alot of indian girls on campus itself.</p>
<p>honestly im not sure you'll really find much difference in the number of indians at any other top school (maybe Stanford, MIT). lol gotta keep in mind that America is predominantly white.</p>
<p>for what it's worth, UPenn has probably the most number of indians of like any school. Indian percentages are approximately the same at top schools, so the greater number would be found at the bigger schools. Princeton is relatively small.</p>