<p>Hi, i’m an asian student DYING to get into Brown. (please chance me? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/866660-please-please-chance-me.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/brown-university/866660-please-please-chance-me.html</a>)</p>
<p>I just wanted to know if most of the asians in Brown are more white-washed like the ones in Carnegie Mellon, FOBs, or in between…
lol strange question, I know. but this is really important to me.</p>
<p>Why is it important to you?</p>
<p>Because after changing schools 4 times, I get along best non white-washed asians…</p>
<p>I’m not racist, It’s just that I’m really afraid I won’t fit in at Brown since I’m really shy and I found it extremely hard making friends even in HS.</p>
<p>Won’t this be an issue wherever you go? Have you applied for any school in Asia? Perhaps you should share your concerns with someone in admissions office. They might be able to help you. I am sure it won’t take much time for them to tell you if you fit in there or not. ;)</p>
<p>What is a “white-washed” Asian?</p>
<p>Define “white-washed”.</p>
<p>EDIT: Yeah, what Tool said.</p>
<p>nevermind. how do I delete this thread?</p>
<p>whitewashed: values/outlooks are more of the typical “north-american” type than your average FOBs (which are more of the “Asian” mindset). There are CBCs (canadian-born chinese)/CBKs whose families teach them more traditional beliefs or whatever from their “homelands”, but in most cases the whitewashed kids do act more like Canadians or Americans than Chinese or Korean or whatever. They also look at social interactions differently, IMO. That’s how I define whitewashed anyways, and I think it’s silly to pretend that these distinctions don’t exist.
BUT, there are also always exceptions to every case.
I came to Canada in grade 3, but I prefer hanging out with the FOBs in my school more than the whitewashed kids, whereas most of the kids I know that immigrated this early on chooses to hang out with the whitewashed ones. xD</p>
<p>I’m quite interested in what the OP is asking, I haven’t thought about this before, but I’d guess there would be more whitewashed ones than FOBs @ Brown, just because very recent immigrants haven’t had as much time to prepare for the American race of getting in these top Ivies (e.g. ECs, awards, “dedication” to some type of project or whatever) as CBCs may have had, and some of them would also have some kind of language barriers to work over.</p>
<p>I’m not being “racist” or trying to offend anyone, I might be over-simplifying a bit, but I think what I’m saying does make sense.
Please don’t take offense.</p>
<p>Learn something new every day.</p>
<p>What is “FOB”?</p>
<p>At the risk of getting involved in a debate about which I know next to nothing: My daughter is friends with a lot of Asians. I’ve met most of them. They seem not much different than other college-aged students. So I suppose they are “white washed.”</p>
<p>There are, however, some Asians at Brown who are very involved with Asian affinity groups. My daughter doesn’t hang out with them, because they tend to hang out only with each other. (Which, as far as I’m concerned, defeats the whole idea of having diversity on campus.) I haven’t met them, so I can’t say anything about how “white-washed” they might be.</p>
<p>“My daughter doesn’t hang out with them, because they tend to hang out only with each other. (Which, as far as I’m concerned, defeats the whole idea of having diversity on campus.)”</p>
<p>fireandrain, I agree with you 100%.</p>
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<p>FOB = Fresh off the Boat</p>
<p>I think in a community like Brown most people are neither but rather somewhere in between. However, I’m sure there are many people at both ends of the spectrum also.</p>
<p>Oh dear me. Never would have guessed that’s what FOB stood for.</p>
<p>In the shipping world it’s “Free on Board” or “Freight on Board”</p>
<p>Fresh off the Boat is a really old expression, along with FOB.</p>
<p>I think most Asians at Brown are Asian-Americans, so are generally American in culture, but some having more or less ‘traditional’ family life. Internationals are there, but a minority.</p>
<p>Shy is not something I think is typical of Brown students. But I do think everyone can find their ‘own people’ there. You might have to settle for shy people who are not Asian. Or outgoing Asians. Maybe both will do?</p>
<p>I am an indian student 17 years of age, and want to get into MIT university of USA as i am aspiring to take up aerospace engineering in year 2010 or 2011. Help me out as dint get much info from the official website. ( how to apply?)</p>
<p>looks like u got some real race problems. Dont believe in being white-washed. Just be urself and try to hang out with people of all races, religions and classess. blood has no race nor nationality!</p>
<p>ajaykumar: this is the Brown forum so people don’t discuss MIT admissions here.</p>
<p>maybe brown relaly isn’t for me.</p>
<p>ajaykumar: If you’re smart enough to get into MIT and study aerospace engineering, then you’re smart enough to google their website.</p>
<p>lol 1091736, i know exacly what you’re talking about.
I don’t mean to sound racist or anything, but fobs and whitewashed asians do have different ways of hanging out, and if you’re more of a fob (and even moreso shy) among a group of whitewashed asians(who tend to be more outgoing), it can feel a little…alienating? </p>
<p>I think you’ll find some “fobs” at Brown as well. I read in an article that Brown was actually trying to gather more Korean students from abroad to “raise their scores”. (not my personal opinion, that’s just what it said). Even if you’re not Korean, since Brown is such a diverse university, I’m sure you will find other people like you as well.</p>
<p>Also, being shy is something you’ll have to get over sooner or later, and if you’re gonna live in the US, you should start to adapt US values as well and come out of your shyness. Anyways, good luck in your admissions~</p>