That is 26% underrepresented minorities in its Class of 2008.
<p>That is 28% underrepresented minorities in its Class of 2008.</p>
<p>What percent of the freshman at Dartmouth are underrepresented minorities? 7%? Dartmouth cares more about maintaining high SATs than diversity... Columbia will take more Hispanics and Blacks with lower SATs.</p>
<p>i've also heard that stanford is much more desirable to african-americans because of its higher percentage in representation at stanford than at ivies or other top schools.</p>
<p>Stanford is able to be so diverse because it's in California, which is one of the most diverse states in the country. In addition, its climate is one that is more attractive to many URMs than is cold, snowy Hanover, NH.</p>
<p>Columbia -- because it's in diverse, urban NYC, also has an easier time attracting URMs than do places like Dartmouth.</p>
<p>From what I can tell, Dartmouth goes way out of its way to accept and attract URMs, but its location works against it.</p>
<p>I agree with Northstarmom. Also, many of the other ivies have more prestige than Dart. It's a lot harder for a lesser-known school like Dart to keep a lot of its admitted minorities compared to other schools. Columbia and Stanford are in very diverse places. Obviously, HYP has similar location as Dart, but everyone has heard of them. I don't think the average person knows much about dart.</p>
<p>Curious what the Asian-American % is for Stanford and for UC Berkely.</p>
<p>I am curious what the % is for Asian-Americans at Stanford? And for UC Berk.?</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that Stanford is 25% Asian, and Berkeley 40%.</p>
<p>I don't know about Stanford, but all of the UC's have huge Asian populations (for obvious reasons).</p>
<p>Merged duplicate threads</p>
<p>well, I just visited Dartmouth over the weekend and the minority presence is alot more than what you guys are making it out to be...being a Mexican I felt right at home...except I was in freakin New Hampshire</p>
<p>but where are you from? If you live somewhere with about 6% mexican, you wouldn't really notice any difference versus someone who lived in Mexico</p>
<p>"but where are you from? If you live somewhere with about 6% mexican, you wouldn't really notice any difference versus someone who lived in Mexico"</p>
<p>or los angeles. </p>
<p>is it true that schools which aggressively pursue URM's have themed dorms where all the asians can live together, all the african-americans can live together, etc?</p>
<p>^ that's the case at Stanford</p>
<p>My Hispanic friend didn't get into Stanford with a ~4.0 uw cumulative, 1570 SAT, excellent ECs (frequent speech/debate winner, founder of our school's JSA chapter, etc), and I'd assume great recs. After seeing that, I don't think being a URM helps much in Stanford admissions.</p>
<p>If you had listed those stats and not listed the person's race, I would have definitely pegged that person as a pretty darn fair candidate for a place like Stanford (or Harvard. Or Yale. Or Princeton, etc). Adding that your friend is Hispanic... well, I really can't believe that he or she was not accepted. Not to be mean, but I have heard of URMs with much lower stats than your friend getting into Stanford.</p>
<p>Man... what's up with that?</p>
<p>I'm a Hispanic girl with comparable stats to those posted above....REJECTED at Yale EA....REJECTED at HPMS four months later. :mad:</p>
<p>Um, with all due respect, the fact that you were rejected at your top schools hardly makes the process "random."</p>
<p>Then perhaps you'd also like to know that HYP admitted one of my best friends, a black who is a carbon copy of me...minus class president status.</p>
<p>RANDOM :mad:</p>