<p>Every single stern class i have sat in for 3 years, has been wall to wall asian. </p>
<p>I would say +75% of the school is asian.</p>
<p>Its not really a problem. I've met some great people but the school in the same breath shouldn't say that the school is diverse.</p>
<p>whats is going on at admissions?</p>
<p>As a class of '15 asian myself… i’ve been wondering the same. i mean, i haven’t sat in a class yet but i’m pretty astonished that the official asian population percentage for stern is 69%. i thought nyu would give me the chance to interact with other races more, but i guess that won’t be the case unless i make friends outside of stern. maybe it has to do with the fact that one of the deans is asian? maybe the fact that a large existing asian population encourages more asians to apply each year?</p>
<p>Ny daughter is in CAS and that is not the case. Her friends are mostly from Tisch and CAS and there is not as many asians. It seems that the Sternies tend to stick together. If you want to experience diversity you have to go outside of your circle and meet others which isnt that hard to do at NYU.</p>
<p>Don’t forget Stern is the most test-score driven of the NYU schools when it comes to admission to the program. Plus, they place great emphasis on Math scores. Asians, for whatever reason, seem to do better or study harder when it comes to these topics. Also, SAT preparation and the hard grueling work and practice, practice and practice for SAT prep are part of the Asian mentality based on cultural values.</p>
<p>So, it is not surprising for Asians to be “overly-represented” at Stern. Don’t forget, “traditional” Asians are also pragmatic when it comes to majors. They want a degree in which there is a good monetary return on money and time invested.</p>
<p>I am sorry if there are generalizations but these are some of my observations.</p>
<p>I’m from Asia, I’m in Tisch and while there’ve definitely been Asians, I don’t feel that Asians are overrepresented - around 20% in every class I’ve been in, maybe.</p>
<p>I know you’re talking about NYU and classes, but if diversity is what you’re after - you’re in New York City! Look outside of class, look outside of school.</p>
<p>As for what’s going on in admissions, I second evolving’s comment.</p>
<p>It’s true. If you’re looking at Stern alone, yeah, it’s 69% Asian. 7.4% Hispanic-American and 3.1% African-American now. A little absurd. As one of those URMs this is something I really found a bit disturbing to be completely frank, but at the end of the day, it’s no big. It gets a bit frustrating when you’re walking around an already very cliquey school to hear and see kids talking only with those they knew from their home country in their native language. And it’s a bit tiring seeing completely homogenous classes. Recruiters don’t like it much either, all of finance is swarmed by Asian kids with uber-high GPAs, identical experience and qualifications, and no personality that comes across on paper.</p>
<p>This really touches on a lot of the points raised by the two recent WSJ articles, the ‘Tiger Mother’ one and ‘In Defense of the Western Mother’. I have no problem with anyone myself, but it’s a simple fact that Stern in particular is not diverse whatsoever. Globally, NYU is predominantly Caucasian with mid-40%, Asian following, and everything else in either low teens or single digits percentage-wise.</p>
<p>Hi Milk and Sugar!
My daughter is a freshman at CAS and her friends are mostly Asian. In fact, she said a large percentage of the students she sees on campus are Asian! By the way, she just loves NYU! :o)</p>
<p>My daughter loves NYU too!
There is nothing not to like about it (except the price tag).</p>