<p>There are the usual asian stereotypes of them studying really hard and having a small social life. Or their social life usually involve talking about memes or doing video games, and not so much about partying. Is this stereotype a GENERAL reality with UCB asians? I'm asian btw</p>
<p>Why would it matter? If you want to party, go out with people who party, regardless of ethnicity. If you want to play video games, play video games (with people or not). If you want to study, study.</p>
<p>The stereotype is probably that Asians study really hard, but by no means do they not have a social life. Just because Asians aren’t stereotypically at frat parties (which isn’t really true either) doesn’t mean they don’t socialize and party. Its a stereotype, so break it.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if this is true for the majority of asians, but there are MANY asians (many of my friends) here that fit this stereotype VERY accurately. But I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a GENERAL reality.</p>
<p>Again, I wasn’t saying asians don’t have a social life. It was a generalization. Many have a different kind of social life centered around rts games, memes, sarcastic comments, etc. Not around girls and partying and such. I wasn’t saying it was bad or not. I know those kinds of asians. I’m friends with them. Stereotypes exist. I don’t want to debate that. Maybe they aren’t absolute, but they are true for many of individuals of that group, mostly due to sociocultural and economic reasons. Yet there are always exceptions. I just know that Berkeley has a larger than white asian population, and I want to know the kind of environment I’ll be exposed to.</p>
<p>Let me paint an analogy. I know colleges have all types of people, but consider this. If I want to meet a black person, would I go to Japan or Africa? Japan has black people, but I would still go to Africa. Similar with colleges. Though they all have all types of people, I’m looking for the majority cause it is easier.</p>
<p>One of Berkeley’s largest strengths is that you can pretty much find any crowd that you want. You can find asians that party every weekend, or you can find asians that play Starcraft II all day.</p>