<p>Princeton last year accepted only 3 Native American students to its undergraduate school. I have conjectured a few explanations, but I was curious if anyone else has an opinion on the matter. Thanks. :)</p>
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Why does Princeton except so few Native Americans?
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<p>Accept! I realize you can't change it.</p>
<p>Probably not that many Native Americans..even apply. So it would be hard to accept hundreds/thousands out of a small pool of applicants.</p>
<p>I have a similar question: Why doesn't Princeton accept more Irish-Italians with reddish hair and tan skin?</p>
<p>Wow, I can't believe I typed 'except' instead of 'accept'. I must have been out of my mind. Sorry for discrediting myself. </p>
<p>@ asdfjkl1 - I wish I had statistics for how many Native Americans applied this year. Do you know if that data can be found?</p>
<p>@ dontno - Are Irish-Italians not considered Caucasian? Sorry if that's offensive, but I'm just uninformed on the matter.</p>
<p>Thanks for your replies!</p>
<p>thedailypursuit, lol, im 99.9% sure dontno was just being sarcastic, haha. He means to emphasize that native americans already make up such a small subset, that you cant really expect so many acceptances. you should look up how similar schools compare with native american acceptances =)</p>
<p>For some reason the possibility of 'sarcasm' didn't even cross my mind. I read his sentence as though he were personally curious about the matter, as if he were Irish-Italian. Ugh, I need to sleep.</p>
<p>I know this isn't what you asked for, but you might be interested in seeing a breakdown of the admissions statistics for the Princeton Graduate School. <a href="http://gradschool.princeton.edu/about/docs/admission/ADM_stats_for_web_5-12-08.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://gradschool.princeton.edu/about/docs/admission/ADM_stats_for_web_5-12-08.pdf</a></p>
<p>Native American rates for the Graduate School are on par with other groups: it's just that an extraordinarily small number of Native Americans apply to the grad school. I'd guess it's the same situation for undergraduate.</p>
<p>Native Americans already have an immense advantage in admissions. I'm guessing that the admission rate (apply/accepted) for Native Americans is higher than for any other group.
But most likely I'm wrong.</p>
<p>Maybe they dont wanna ba accused of discrimination</p>
<p>In the past 39 years, fewer than 1400 Native American students have graduated from Ivy League universities. With so few Native Americans represented in Ivy League student bodies, it's safe to say that Native Americans get a sizable boost in admissions.</p>
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<p>Dartmouth accepts a lot of Native Americans. But I think that they get a much bigger Native American applicant pool.</p>
<p>I don't want to start my own thread so just a small question. How do Middle Eastern students play into this demographic equality thing? I don't think we get a boost right? I'm talking ivies in general not just Princeton. I can't find any data on this cause we are never included in the surveys, we're always confused if we count as "Asian".</p>
<p>thnx</p>
<p>Almost zero Native Americans apply to Princeton; hence almost zero get in. Note that the "Native American" definition does not apply to descent...the technical definition is belonging to (and having paperwork for) a particular reservation. Several of my friends at Princeton are part Native American - 1/2 Cherokee, etc. But they're not registered with a reservation, so they don't "count" in the official stats.</p>
<p>Middle Eastern students are not counted as Asian, even though they are technically from Asia (just like Russians from Siberia don't qualify as Asian.) Weird, but not likely to change in the near future. Ethnicity has virtually no bearing on admittance. This goes for URMs or whatever the latest and trendiest phrase is. Bottom line - there are qualified applicants across all cultures and backgrounds, such that it's competitive no matter what.</p>
<p>It's probably because so few Native American's actually apply to Princeton. I know that many NA students look for schools with strong Native communities. I'm not sure what Princeton's Native American community is like, but judging by your post that only 3 were accepted this year....</p>
<p>haha. the op made me lol</p>
<p>are you sure only 3? ummmmm there are hundreds at stanford</p>
<p>Stanford and Dartmouth have the largest Native American communities that I’m aware of among “highly ranked” colleges. There are probably state universities near reservations which have larger NA enrollments, but I’ve never researched actual numbers. Self-selection plays a role. Many students who live on a reservation want to stay close to it. Among Native American high schoolers I’ve known, those who want to leave often either want to choose schools with an active NA community or simply have heard the most about Stanford and Dartmouth so apply to them.</p>
<p>ETA the 2009-2010 Common Data Set on the Pton website says that there were 6 enrolled Native American or Alaska Natives as degree-seeking first-year students and a total of 25 among all degree-seeking undergraduates. That would be the actual number which chose to attend Princeton. The CDS doesn’t say how many were offered admission.</p>