<p>Hi all!</p>
<p>I'm a recent graduate from a community college in NYC. I graduated with honors and such.
I was accepted into Mount Holyoke as a transfer student in the fall and I'm excited. :) I wanted to know if there are any CC users (African American or Hispanic preferably although I don't mind anyone from a different ethnic group to respond) that attended Mount Holyoke and tell me more about racial make up of the school, if the races at MH interact with each other, and if there is/ there isn't any racial tension at MH. It matters to me because I'm from Brooklyn and I have friends from all races, I'm leaning towards MH, and I wanted to know if I would feel comfortable there.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Hey Polaroid! Congrats on being accepted! 
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<p>My family is from the Caribbean (though I was born here.) I went to MHC my first year (06-07) and left because of academic stuff, but I’ll be returning in the Spring if all goes as planned. I think while statistically MHC is mainly white, honestly to me it wasn’t all that noticeable. Like you, I grew up in NYC (Manhattan!) and I’m used to being friends with people of all races/backgrounds. I’ve always gone to mixed schools and I felt right at home at MHC. It’s VERY diverse. One of my roommates my first year was an international student from Nepal, and the other was an Irish/German girl from Conneticut. I went to a boarding school where one of the things I loved the most was that even though it was a small school, you could walk across the campus and hear people speaking Korean, Arabic, Russian, Spanish, etc, all at the same time. This happened at MHC also. In my closest group of friends from there, there are three black girls (including me), four Korean girls, two white girls, two Dominican girls and an Punjabi girl. Lol!</p>
<p>Anyway, I think for the most part people interact with each other, but like all integrated schools, people still tend to clique together at times. But from what I noticed, it’s a lot more to do with culture - a lot of the Nepali girls I knew cliqued together but I think it was mostly because they shared a language, grew up in the country, etc. I don’t remember ever feeling any racial tension. My first year I was in ALANA, which is the group for African, Asian, Latin American, Native, etc (minority) cultural club, but I was also in KASA, the Korean cultural club and I joined Shri, the Hinduism club. I always felt welcome in all of them. All in all, I think you’ll feel totally comfortable there. I hope you choose to go - it’s a wonderful place and I can’t wait to get back. If you have any other questions or whatever, you can message me.</p>
<p>-Ashley</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I think this is a great question. As a FP transfer student, I do not have the answer. I visited Holyoke twice and I can say that from what I have seen, racial tension is something I havent noticed. I am African American and I am from PA. From what I have noticed, the students are more serious and focused on grades and doing well as opposed to the racial makeup of other students. I have no doubt that everything isnt perfect, but I can say that I definitely feel comfortable and I am certainly looking forward to starting in the fall. Hope I see you guys around.</p>
<p>MHC has the least amount of racial incidents or tension of any LAC I’m familiar with. That’s not to imply there are major issues at other colleges but, just say’in.</p>