<p>At a lot of top schools (ivies), there are a lot of asians there (like 20%). But why does georgetown only have 8-9% asians? Do the asians not apply to georgetown, just to more elite schools?</p>
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<p>^ that was my reaction too.</p>
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<p>my tour guide at georgetown was asian...? i don't know what to say haha.</p>
<p>We don't have an engineering program, that can be a reason. I don't think we are particularly known for our computer sci, mathematics, and sciences (I don't mean to be stereotypical). And a lot of Asian parents love the Ivy names, so many may have been pressured into going say a Cornell vs a Georgetown.</p>
<p>I'm just speaking from experience.</p>
<p>A friend who is currently a freshman also said there weren't a lot of asians...</p>
<p>and...does it really matter?</p>
<p>Thats a good thing right?</p>
<p>I suppose if you don't like asians...</p>
<p>Also, I believe statistically that there are less Asian Catholics than Catholics in other ethnic groups. Catholics are more likely to apply and matriculate than other groups. Correct me if I am wrong.</p>
<p>from what I know, and this is completely and utterly my personal opinion as of exactly now, asian parents seem more likely to be freaked out by the idea of their children working in politics. asian political activism just isn't up to par with other races, which may be why gtown-famous for its polisci-just isn't as appealing</p>
<p>haha, I agree ^^^. When I refused to chose a major related to business, pre-med, or engineering, my [asian] mom kept on bothering me. "You'll get no job prospects! Political Science/International Relations is a very limited profession!!" blah blah blah. And then, the other day I was ambushed by these asian parents who insisted that </p>
<p>1) US News/World report rankings, not money or available programs should be most important factor in decidin a college, </p>
<p>2) I must apply to MIT (even though I am not vaguely interested in math/science at all. At all. And plus, I want to go to a college where I can actually have a social life :P), </p>
<p>3) I must get into engineering, pre-med, or business (well, i say screw them! I know international relations is for me).</p>
<p>And when I mentioned about how I applied to Georgetown, they were like,
4) Oh, that school. It's okay. But Colorado School of Mines is better!!!! Their average starting salary for college grads is $60-70 thousand/yr! (The asian lady's son is going there, not surprisingly) (Well, I'd rather be getting 20,000 dollars a year and happy with my job than getting a million dollars and unhappy in my profession).</p>
<p>omg!!!Exactly!!!almost every single chinese student is majoring in either egineering or econ/business or math kinda thing.Those are like really practical majors,which are absoultely easier to find jobs after graduation.
I think that's cultural difference,we just have different ethics as americans and other westerners do.</p>
<p>I'm also wondering does asian background help you in the admission process?since school wanna a more diverse campus~
As far as I know gtown didnt admit any chinese students until year 2006~and a lot got acceptted last year~</p>
<p>I don't think being Asian will help because Asians are not considered underrepresented in higher education. of course it wouldn't hurt either--that would be discrimination and not in alliance with the university's mission of achieving diversity.</p>
<p>and i think the previous post was poorly worded...georgetown did not just start accepting chinese students in 2006. chinese and other asian students have been a part of the student body for much of the school's recent history. </p>
<p>for what it's worth, the asian cultural clubs in particular are some of the most active student groups on campus and they hold some of the largest campus wide events.</p>
<p>Just as jp26 said Asians arent considered an URM in higher education and my asian friends also do point out that their parents do gear them heavily in science and math based professions, as compared to the many people at georgetown who want to pursue careers in foreign service, political science or even business, that may account for the lack of asians at gtown as compared to those at duke or stanford</p>
<p>I think ThisSideUp has the right idea. You see the same statistics at nearly all Catholic schools across the nation. Even Loyola Marymount, in California which is arguably the most Asian-popluated state, has only a 12% Asian population.</p>
<p>well, gtown has the early assurance to their medical school and that's a big bonus...I'm asian and my parents don't think I would get in any other medical school but is their medical school any good?</p>
<p>lehaiy,</p>
<p>Is there any reason that your parents think that you won't get into "any other medical school?" Georgetown's medical school is very competitive. And I have heard that the early assurance program is extremely competitive. I would not bank on getting into the early assurance program. You can wikipedia Georgetown's med school for more information.</p>
<p>A lot of what people have said about the Asian cultural differences and thought patterns are true (from my experience at least). My mom is hoping that her last son would go into medicine, engineering, something more practical than linguistics (moi) or poli sci (brother, but she's still holding out for law school with him).</p>
<p>And more specifically to Georgetown, my mom was under the assumption that Georgetown was... super religious or something. That plays into more non-Asians being Catholic than Asians I guess.</p>
<p>fa-la-la-lena:</p>
<p>ahaha! our parents must have the same group of ambushing asian friends. I love to see the eyebrows go up as they conclude I must be a hippie or something to pursue poli sci.</p>
<p>if it's any comfort (I have no idea how), I remember reading a chinese-written ranking of american colleges somewhere before that -NO JOKE- put university of texas above stanford AND yale. "-_- I'm guessing gtown didn't even get assessed for the list...</p>