<p>What's the minority scene like at Yale? Do they have a better chance of getting in? Are they fully integrated with the rest of the school or does it seem divided?</p>
<p>A full 25% of undergrads self report themselves as members of a minority group. </p>
<p>Each group has individual cultural opportunities and organizations as well as some University resources. The black fraternities and sororities usually have members who are Yale undergrads. That being said, the smallish nature (5300) and Residential College system extant at Y keeps the student body well mixed. </p>
<p>Unlike some larger schools where (all) people self-select and quickly gravitate towards a certain "crowd" (frat/sorority, athletics, club, ethnic groupings), Yale avoids most of this.</p>
<p>I think there's little to no problem with integration (especially relative to other schools I've known).</p>
<p>Usually, top performing african-americans, native americans and Latinos get a little extra consideration given Yale's commitment to diversity. HTH</p>
<p>There are definitely cultural communities. For example there's a black frat, an afam house, a latino house, and a bunch of specific east asian organizations, as well as a ridiculous number of smaller groups... Socially i definitely notice that sometimes minorities tend to make friends with each other and hang out in groups, but that isn't to say that the social scene is at all exclusive or segregated. I think your social circle has everything to do with your own personality, and if your cultural identity affects your personality you may be drawn to like minded people. In short, yale is very integrated.</p>