<p>hy i was wondering how many indians are going to indiana bloomington this august</p>
<p>253.... 186 are fresh off the boat... and 67 are from Indiana that didnt get into Norte Dame, Michigan, Northwestern, or Chicago.</p>
<p>If you go to this website:</p>
<p>and then go to section B2, you'll see that there are 249 international students enrolling this year at Indiana University at Bloomington (don't know how many are from India--maybe 10% to 15%, which would be 25 to 37 students), and in this same section it points out that there are 20 American Indian or Alaskan natives enrolling this year.</p>
<p>Also, note that there were 207 students enrolling who did not indicate what their racial/ethnic background was.</p>
<p>... all i see at the b-school are students of indian decsent... if you go into the bschool the students of indian decent are 35-45 %.. once you get outside of b-school the students of indian decent are 4- 8 %</p>
<p>1ee304...I would not be so quick to judge. I know a girl of Indian descent (non-international) who was a freshman last year who got into Notre Dame and still chose to attend IU. She is NOT a business major either. But yes there are definitely more Indians in the b-school at IU than in any other major.</p>
<p>Parth...it seems like the number of Indians at IU is growing. Being of Indian descent myself, I can tell you it seems as though there are more international Indians at IU than Americans. I'd say there were a good 75 international Indians who were freshmen last year and maybe 50 Americans? Many of the out of staters (such as myself) come because they are drawn to the B-school, as do the international students. Seems like the in-staters major in other things as well. This is just what I have noticed and I am not being stereotypical or anything like that. But anyways, the point is...I would not be surprised if the number of Indians at IU increases this Fall. Though the numbers are really small, I never feel as though there are "no Indians" on campus or anything just because you do somehow end up meeting them whether it's through classes or ISA events and what have you...</p>
<p>Keep in mind, also that many of those of Indian descent are Americans whose parents moved here during the past 30 years once the H-1B visa program was started.</p>
<p>Here in the Silicon Valley area of California the Indian population may be as high as 15% and the Asian population is probably at least 30 to 35%. Many of the Indians, and most of the Asians who are around 18 at this point were born in this country, mostly from parents who came here to work in the late 1980s when the H-1B visa program (allowing internationals with skills of which there was a shortage at the time--like computer programming--to come into the country to work on long-term projects.)</p>
<p>These students would not show up as "Indian" on the Common data set. They would have to either declare as "White", "Asian", or "No Indication". Thus, my reason for listing the 207 who fall into this category on my earlier post.</p>
<p>(To give you an idea, UC Berkeley showed that the largest ethnic group of students at the school last year was Asians, comprising approximately 45% of all students. The same holds true at UCLA).</p>
<p>barren_field... prob cause she was naer from bloomington or she had money issues... ask her if either of those apply</p>
<p>uhh.. calcruzer yes there are alot of asians in california .... when asians its realy koreans... but lets be honest hear out of the top 10 consistent undergraduate b-schools 10 % and up are consisted of asians.. specifically korean-americans.. and not those international korean americans.. but korean americans that were born in korea or attended all four years of high school... instead of recruiting hot girls and good loooking people the KSB should focus on the Indian-American/Asian-American population from the Chicago Area.. cause Indiana consists of all caucjans sprinkled in with some hispanics</p>
<p>^^^ Can you give us some examples of Kelley recruiting hot girls and good looking people?</p>
<p>I'm not complaining :) easier competition into the business
school, and make large lecture classes more bearable haha.
Already got a few numbers/facebooks from orientation alone :P
Jolly good.</p>
<p>yeah sure illionismom2006... go inside the KSB.. during the fall semester and just walk around for a good 5 minutes..</p>
<p>and then since your from illinois... go to northwestern or univ of chicago... and you tell me</p>
<p>I was just kidding around with you, BUT.... just because there are "good looking people" in Kelley, doesn't mean they were RECRUITED by KSB for that reason.</p>
<p>And, while last visiting Northwestern for a football game, I was surrounded by a lot of apparently wealthy, "hot/good looking", primarily Caucasian kids. </p>
<p>If your point is that IU lacks in diversity, I agree.</p>
<p>IllinoisMom2006... As a male Kelley student, I was at the very same Northwestern game you were.... November 10, 2007 (Indiana @ Northwestern in Evanston) with these apparently wealthy, hot/good looking, primarily Caucasian IU KSB students surrounding me. We travel with our team and that is why you were mistaken in thinking Northwestern has an attractive student body.</p>
<p>yaeh illinois mom... it was the IU girls..</p>
<p>Good try guys, but the last game I went to at Northwestern was in 2006 and IU wasn't playing. However, my son has informed me that 'all' IU students know that there are no good looking people at NU. :)</p>
<p>I have no idea why one would expect that there are no "good-looking" people at Northwestern. If I were a student there, I'd be insulted by the comments made here (maybe this is the Big 10 competition kicking in already). </p>
<p>1ee304, I totally disagree with your comment that all the asians in the schools in California are mostly Korean. I couldn't disagree more. We get Asians from China, Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Vietnam, Japan, India, and even from the South Pacific Islands--as well as tons from inside the US of every ethnicity. I'm guessing students of Korean ethnicity make up less than 1/6th of the total Asian population.</p>
<p>Also, why should Indiana University recruit a lot of students from Chicago? They are a state school supported primarily by Indiana taxpayers whose primary duty is to the Indiana families. While I think the difference in costs is too great for out-of-state students versus in-state students, I agree with the concept that the school should be geared primarily to providing a great education for the top Indiana students.</p>
<p>And since Indiana is about 84% caucasian, it's not all that surprising that the Bloomington campus is about 82% caucasian.</p>
<p>Indiana</a> QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau</p>
<p>But let's hear it for the hot/good-looking students at Indiana University of all ethnicities. IU-B does seem to get more than its fair share.</p>
<p>um calcruzer... im not saying lets not keep all the top HS indiana students... im saying lets be more diverse... and one way to do that is heavily recruit the chicago area... since there is alot of diversity there.. if we do not it will consist of ( Indiana is about 84% caucasian, it's not all that surprising that the Bloomington campus is about 82% caucasian. ) like you mentioned on your recent post... and you need a reality check... go to one of the consistent top b-schools or ivies... and you will see most of the asian students are of korean american decent.. if you dont believe me go check it out i would think you would understand coming from california.</p>
<p>1ee304, since most top schools do not post how many Asians come from which countries, I don't know how I would check this out (or how you did)? But I'm sure there are a lot of Koreans at the top schools since the Korean culture is such that they do tend to be greatly attracted to these schools.</p>
<p>I think there was a post about Korea and Koreans at top colleges here on collegeconfidential a few months ago, but I can't seem to find it. If you do, let me know.</p>
<p>As far as diversity, I agree you need some--but for a state school, I feel it needs to be balanced by also providing for the vast majority of the general population. I'd rather not make this a discussion on the pros and cons of affirmative action since there are more than enough of those on here--but I'll just say there are positives and negatives to both approaches.</p>
<p>Let me just say this, Indiana U. and every other school in the US should care about INTERNAL diversity as much as EXTERNAL diversity. I really don't care how many "whites", "blacks", "asians", etc. come to IU percentage wise. I care about their ideals and personalities. </p>
<p>I don't see why IU is stressing their racial numbers, they never will win that way. One can have 50% white and 50% non white, but if all the non whites "hanged out" together, and so did the whites, not very diverse... although the U would try to spin it as diverse.</p>
<p>This whole thing how the media portrays diversity is quite stupid. Indiana University like all big state schools IS DIVERSE with its wide spectrum of different types of people.</p>