<p>I was checking out The Princeton Review website and it said that Syracuse University was ranked 8th with Little Race/Class Interaction.</p>
<p>Is this true? I LOVED Syracuse, but I can't go to a school where people don't mix with each other.</p>
<p>Help!</p>
<p>I have the exact same concern. Check out the "Segregation?" discussion board...you can't always trust what you read, but it may help.</p>
<p>bump bump :)</p>
<p>The comments on the "segregation" board are very troubling - - not just the posts of students who feel uncomfortable, but the unenlightened posts from SU boosters. The comment that there is racism on campus, but that the racism has nothing to do with self-segregation was mparticularly amusing - -likewise the "who cares" post.</p>
<p>If the posts on that board accurately reflect the racial tone of the campus, then the #8 ranking on Little Class/Race Interaction list is not at all surprising. And while some degree of self-segregation occurs on most campuses, the fact that SU students give themselves and their own school scores low enough to earn a spot the class/race list indicates a degree of racial tension beyond the norm.</p>
<p>Please read the featured thread, "Overview of my visit to Syracuse." I do address this.</p>
<p>Look, it is a question of like minded folks mixing with like minded folks. I don't think that there is much discrimination. However, as the old saying goes," birds of a feather flock together." I would imagine that at most schools folks seek out friends and associates who are most similar to themselves. which is why many asian students associate with asian students, Jews have Hillel, Protestants have Protestant associations etc. It is just the nature of life. I would bet that if you choose to seek out folks that are different from you , you will find them.</p>
<p>I wouldn't let Princeton Review dissuade you from applying to Syracuse.</p>
<p>If I hadn't come to Syracuse and went to my state school, I don't believe that I would have the great experience that I would be having today. I have met people from around the world that I would never meet if I wasn't a student here at SU. I love what SU has provided me in terms of academics, outside resources, internships, advising, etc. I've met some of my closest friends here at SU and none of them are my race.</p>
<p>Agreed; at most schools students join affinity groups. But at many schools there is ALSO cross-race socializing and apparently there's less of that at SU (and according to some of the posts on the segregation thread, racism/discrimination is one factor - - not the only factor or the primary factor, but a factor). </p>
<p>As for Princeton Review, I give the negative comments as much weight as I give the positive comments. The same is true of the weight I give CC posts (though posters, in defense of their school or their experience, tend to dismiss negatrive comments as not representative).</p>
<p>"I would bet that if you choose to seek out folks that are different from you , you will find them."</p>
<p>^^^ I'm sure this is true, but the Princeton Review rating suggest that the student body is far less interested than on other campuses. And, it one wants not only numerical diversity, but a more diverse social experience, that mixing is more likely to occur on other campuses - - in which case the Princeton Review rating (which is consist w/ posts on the segregation thread) could be an important factor, or at least more important than for applicants uniterested (ie: neutral) in racial diversity.</p>