<p>I'm an international student from Hong Kong and which of the above would be easier to get into? and is there strong racism in UVa?</p>
<p>Neither, no more than anywhere else.</p>
<p>i go to The University (UVa) myself........ 12% of our student body is made of Asians, Asians have a significant representation here.</p>
<p>btw, charlottesville (where UVa is) went for Kerry in the last election.</p>
<p>UVa is more conservative than UCLA, but who wants to groupthink? i like having both voices, equally strong......</p>
<p>Well, UCLA has the 3rd most international students of any US university, and Hong Kong is WELL REPRESENTED (looked like well over 100 people at the Hong Kong Student Society meeting). Don't know if that means it is necessarily easier for you to personally get into UCLA; it could be that you have tough competition from your peers.</p>
<p>UCLA is 39% Asian, and has more Asian students by sheer numbers than any other university in America. There are more Asians here than most cities in Virginia.</p>
<p>The Hong Kong Student Society @ UCLA is one of the biggest groups on campus: <a href="http://hkss.bol.ucla.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://hkss.bol.ucla.edu/</a></p>
<p>All the more reason to go to UVa. What good growth comes from living in a mini Hong Kong.</p>
<p>Check out these sites for information about UVa's Hong Kong Student Association:</p>
<p><a href="http://scs.student.virginia.edu/%7Ehongkong/%5B/url%5D">http://scs.student.virginia.edu/~hongkong/</a></p>
<p>Although UVa has had some racial incidents recently carried out by a few idiots (all schools have them including UCLA) - which were condemned by most students, faculty, etc. - the University is a pretty welcoming place for various ethnicities as well as for internationals.</p>