Wake forest--not sure you could get whiter or preppier

[Anonymous]

We visited this weekend. In a large auditorium of 100+ visiting families I bet there were 3 black families and zero Asians. We toured the campus--girls are beautiful, boys are "bros." My son loves this scene so he was in heaven. My daughter was turned off. the wealth was crazy-so many designer purses and $300 sneakers on the moms on the tour and on girls walking around. My kids attend the Cathedral schools so we're no strangers to wealth or preppiness but this was next level. Am I missing something? We literally saw ONE south Asian girl the entire day and she was prepped out (or as my daughter said "white-washed"). Was everyone else hiding in their dorms?

[Anonymous]

According to the common data set, about a third of Wake Forest students are not white.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes I think people see what they are looking for.

[Anonymous]

I just checked the most recent CDS. 65% white.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We visited this weekend. In a large auditorium of 100+ visiting families I bet there were 3 black families and zero Asians. We toured the campus--girls are beautiful, boys are "bros." My son loves this scene so he was in heaven. My daughter was turned off. the wealth was crazy-so many designer purses and $300 sneakers on the moms on the tour and on girls walking around. My kids attend the Cathedral schools so we're no strangers to wealth or preppiness but this was next level. Am I missing something? We literally saw ONE south Asian girl the entire day and she was prepped out (or as my daughter said "white-washed"). Was everyone else hiding in their dorms?

You are extremely wealthy and are bashing others for their purses and sneakers? If you were worried about diversity you would have sent your kids to public.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just checked the most recent CDS. 65% white.

OP here. I literally can't see how this is true. We saw next to no-one who wasn't country club style white people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just checked the most recent CDS. 65% white.

OP here. I literally can't see how this is true. We saw next to no-one who wasn't country club style white people.

Those are the ones who do the visits.

[Anonymous]

Wake Forest is not “next level wealth”, give me a break lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited this weekend. In a large auditorium of 100+ visiting families I bet there were 3 black families and zero Asians. We toured the campus--girls are beautiful, boys are "bros." My son loves this scene so he was in heaven. My daughter was turned off. the wealth was crazy-so many designer purses and $300 sneakers on the moms on the tour and on girls walking around. My kids attend the Cathedral schools so we're no strangers to wealth or preppiness but this was next level. Am I missing something? We literally saw ONE south Asian girl the entire day and she was prepped out (or as my daughter said "white-washed"). Was everyone else hiding in their dorms?

You are extremely wealthy and are bashing others for their purses and sneakers? If you were worried about diversity you would have sent your kids to public.

The DC privates actually aren't very full of conspicuous consumption. My high school kids fit right in with their Old Navy wardrobes. And they're used to 45-50% diversity. I think Sidwell is now close to 60%. GDS may be even higher. Cathedral schools are just under 50%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is not “next level wealth”, give me a break lol.

75% of families are paying roughly $90k a year. that's a pretty wealthy crowd. Who do you hang out with?

[Anonymous]

The college tours I’ve been on have been very white or white/asian. I think only a v small segment of the population can afford to take the time off work, travel, deal with other kids in the family, etc that it takes to tour a far-flung campus.

[Anonymous]

OP, can you please explain what is inherently wrong with white people to the extent an institution should have fewer of them? Thanks !

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We visited this weekend. In a large auditorium of 100+ visiting families I bet there were 3 black families and zero Asians. We toured the campus--girls are beautiful, boys are "bros." My son loves this scene so he was in heaven. My daughter was turned off. the wealth was crazy-so many designer purses and $300 sneakers on the moms on the tour and on girls walking around. My kids attend the Cathedral schools so we're no strangers to wealth or preppiness but this was next level. Am I missing something? We literally saw ONE south Asian girl the entire day and she was prepped out (or as my daughter said "white-washed"). Was everyone else hiding in their dorms?

You are extremely wealthy and are bashing others for their purses and sneakers? If you were worried about diversity you would have sent your kids to public.

Some of demand better standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just checked the most recent CDS. 65% white.

OP here. I literally can't see how this is true. We saw next to no-one who wasn't country club style white people.

Do you know what common data set is? It’s far more reliable than your observations of prospective students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The college tours I’ve been on have been very white or white/asian. I think only a v small segment of the population can afford to take the time off work, travel, deal with other kids in the family, etc that it takes to tour a far-flung campus.

This was our experience at every east coast private college. The only diverse audience of prospective students we saw was at USC.