lots of interactions or cliquish students?

<p>the thread title explains itself.
do asian kids in NYU hang out only (or mostly) with other asians?
do white/black/hispanic etc. kids in NYU hang out only (or mostly) with kids from their ethnic group?
do Stern/Tisch kids hang out only (or mostly) with kids from their school?</p>

<p>Or does the school live up the true spirit of "melting pot"?
just wondering.</p>

<p>I would say there is a good deal of interaction between different types of people. If you're specifically looking for a clique, I'm sure you'll find one, but it's not like you'll be forced to hang out with your kind. I'm in CAS, and almost all of my friends are in CAS or Stern. Out of the NYU schools, I would say that Tisch is probably the most clique-y.</p>

<p>I mean I don't know for sure, but i would guess what makes the tisch kids so cliquey is the fact that they get fairly close in studio classes. At least for acting, the studio classase are pretty small. I know at cap, you have like no more than 20 or so kids in a class versus like 100 kids in a history class or math class.</p>

<p>in my experience, the theater kids in high school were all... "different" from the other kids. i don't mean that in a bad way or anything.</p>

<p>"in my experience, the theater kids in high school were all... "different" from the other kids. i don't mean that in a bad way or anything."</p>

<p>What does that have to do with the question? Haha. In truth, yea, most theatre kids are considered different simply because they are more, well...extroverted, i guess you could say. In truth, most think running down the halls singing "Your The One That I Want" from Grease isn't an unusual activity in between class periods (or maybe I'm just referencing what I was doing two hours ago).</p>

<p>Regardless of the previous digression, I agree with TheatreGuy's explanation as to why Tisch is the cliquest. Working one-on-one and in small groups probably produces friendships a lot faster than dorm parties.</p>

<p>that is the word i was looking for lindseygs. extroverted.</p>

<p>one of my pet peeves here is that asians and indians and russians and jewish tend to stick with each other waaay too much. Not that they wont be your friend...but there core group of best friends are usually the same race (or in my case, im the only none russian in one clique of 14-15 people..and same with my indian friends)</p>

<p>of course not all are like that, but most of the time people stick together ethnicity wise. usually, the more outgoing the people are, the less they stick with each other. </p>

<p>School wise, I have plenty of friends from every school, but naturaly your going to have most of your friends from the same school due to have classes together. On the other hand, you'll make plenty of non-school friends in your residence hall. </p>

<p>Overall, i find people as cliqueish, but at the same time easy to become friends with.</p>

<p>^ yup.. thats what I am concerned about. Don't get me wrong, I am an asian and I would love to make lots of asian friends once I get there, but I also want to interact with many different people.. people from CAS and Tisch, white, black, hispanic kids.. etc.</p>

<p>hopefully its not like "if you're an asian, you're in an asian clique or you're a traitor." at NYU.</p>

<p>hupkorea..not at all</p>

<p>You can be friends with who you want, its just that i guess alot of minorities feel more comfortable around likewise people. If you're outgoing you'll be friends with whoever.</p>

<p>thanks for the advice mattistote.</p>