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

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Anonymous wrote: we noticed was that every kid seemed to dress identically

So it wasn’t a healthy cross-section of America? It’s so much better at a place like Oberlin, where future factory foremen, violinists, military leaders, social workers, and accountants all roll up the sleeves of their vastly different garments and learn how to co-exist with a wide array of necessary people.

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and then go after a baker. Didn’t see the students stand up for that the small business family Maybe Wake is better.

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Anonymous wrote: we noticed was that every kid seemed to dress identically

So it wasn’t a healthy cross-section of America? It’s so much better at a place like Oberlin, where future factory foremen, violinists, military leaders, social workers, and accountants all roll up the sleeves of their vastly different garments and learn how to co-exist with a wide array of necessary people.

You may have misread an earlier post--it was "cross-section", not "cross-dressers".

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Anonymous wrote:I am a wake alum and it didn’t dawn on me until later in life exactly how lacking in diversity that place was.

Finally, an honest, level-headed post. Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:All the WF students and recent grads I know are wealthy conservative whites. I only know one who comes from a moderate liberal family.

My two cents: people pay a lot of money to wrap their snowflakes in a preppy bubble at WF. I think that’s weird.

That’s more a commentary on your circle than Wake. My left leaning daughter is very happy there.

You left out something. I'll fill in the missing word for you: My white, left leaning daughter is very happy there.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a wake alum and it didn’t dawn on me until later in life exactly how lacking in diversity that place was.

Finally, an honest, level-headed post. Thank you.

I don’t think anyone takes issue with the statement that 3 decades ago, when the alum poster was at Wake, it was not particularly diverse, as most southern schools were not particularly diverse.

But Wake has improved and is now a third non white and is working on further increasing diversity, notwithstanding the demographic make up of op’s prospective student tour. Frankly, I don’t consider her a reliable narrator.

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Anonymous wrote:North Carolina resident here who is also a hiring manager and sees a lot of resumes from all the area schools.
I understand what OP’s daughter means. It’s the type of white at WF that stands out, not the percentage. It’s country club, Tory Burch flats, blond highlights, mom and grammy were both debutantes, really rich southern white. Some of the other schools name checked in this chat are just as white when looking at percentages on paper, but the white students at those schools have pink hair and nose rings. This is neither a slam on WF or a credit to the other schools, btw - just an observation.
And I’ve known both very bright WF grads and boring, dim ones. YMMV.

I have a child at Wake and have yet to meet anyone who fits this stereotype.

I doubt that this is true. WFU is well known as a haven for UMC and upper class preppies.

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Anonymous wrote:All the WF students and recent grads I know are wealthy conservative whites. I only know one who comes from a moderate liberal family.

My two cents: people pay a lot of money to wrap their snowflakes in a preppy bubble at WF. I think that’s weird.

That’s more a commentary on your circle than Wake. My left leaning daughter is very happy there.

You left out something. I'll fill in the missing word for you: My white, left leaning daughter is very happy there.

As her friends from high school who are not white also attending. From Baltimore, a majority black city. Imagine that.

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Anonymous wrote:What an unbelievably racist post. You’re such a hypocrite, OP.

(Nor OP)

You may want to look in the mirror before criticizing others.

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NCS is filled with this type of girl. My DDs attended NCS. After one DD visited Richmond, a group classmates derided her saying “I won’t apply to any school that is in a Confederate state.” This moral smugness is quite common.

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

that includes 25% (white) Hispanics right?

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Anonymous wrote:All the WF students and recent grads I know are wealthy conservative whites. I only know one who comes from a moderate liberal family.

My two cents: people pay a lot of money to wrap their snowflakes in a preppy bubble at WF. I think that’s weird.

That’s more a commentary on your circle than Wake. My left leaning daughter is very happy there.

You left out something. I'll fill in the missing word for you: My white, left leaning daughter is very happy there.

As her friends from high school who are not white also attending. From Baltimore, a majority black city. Imagine that.

Which prep school did she go to? And did she live in Roland Park?

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Anonymous wrote:All the WF students and recent grads I know are wealthy conservative whites. I only know one who comes from a moderate liberal family.

My two cents: people pay a lot of money to wrap their snowflakes in a preppy bubble at WF. I think that’s weird.

That’s more a commentary on your circle than Wake. My left leaning daughter is very happy there.

It’s not a friends and family circle, pp.

My work provides a big network, and there’s a lot of interesting observations about affluent whites sending their kids south to affluent white bubbles.

I’m glad your kid is enjoying it.

But the thread is more about how odd some parents and students find a campus with a rich, white preppy vibe.

Ftr, I’m a bleeding heart liberal.

It’s not an affluent white bubble, how quick you are to discount a third of the student body.

Eh, at least some of the 7.5% Latinos probably appear white, rich, and preppy.

That leaves roughly 12.5% black and Asian plus 3+% who identify as mixed.

So, not a lot of noticeable diversity.

Wow, you are a weirdo. When the facts don’t agree with your perceptions, invent some new ones.

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ICYMI: many Latinos are white.

Have you ever filled out paperwork? I’m non-Hispanic Caucasian…as compared with the Hispanic caucasians. That’s how demographics work because…Latino is an ethnicity, not a skin color.

This post is about optics.

The vibe at WF is rich, white preppies.

Using Latino numbers to bolster diversity is a stretch since most Latinos are…white.

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Anonymous wrote:All the WF students and recent grads I know are wealthy conservative whites. I only know one who comes from a moderate liberal family.

My two cents: people pay a lot of money to wrap their snowflakes in a preppy bubble at WF. I think that’s weird.

That’s more a commentary on your circle than Wake. My left leaning daughter is very happy there.

You left out something. I'll fill in the missing word for you: My white, left leaning daughter is very happy there.

As her friends from high school who are not white also attending. From Baltimore, a majority black city. Imagine that.

Which prep school did she go to? And did she live in Roland Park?

I’m not providing any more identifiable details because it simply isn’t relevant.

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Anonymous wrote:All the WF students and recent grads I know are wealthy conservative whites. I only know one who comes from a moderate liberal family.

My two cents: people pay a lot of money to wrap their snowflakes in a preppy bubble at WF. I think that’s weird.

That’s more a commentary on your circle than Wake. My left leaning daughter is very happy there.

It’s not a friends and family circle, pp.

My work provides a big network, and there’s a lot of interesting observations about affluent whites sending their kids south to affluent white bubbles.

I’m glad your kid is enjoying it.

But the thread is more about how odd some parents and students find a campus with a rich, white preppy vibe.

Ftr, I’m a bleeding heart liberal.

It’s not an affluent white bubble, how quick you are to discount a third of the student body.

Eh, at least some of the 7.5% Latinos probably appear white, rich, and preppy.

That leaves roughly 12.5% black and Asian plus 3+% who identify as mixed.

So, not a lot of noticeable diversity.

Wow, you are a weirdo. When the facts don’t agree with your perceptions, invent some new ones.

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ICYMI: many Latinos are white.

Have you ever filled out paperwork? I’m non-Hispanic Caucasian…as compared with the Hispanic caucasians. That’s how demographics work because…Latino is an ethnicity, not a skin color.

This post is about optics.

The vibe at WF is rich, white preppies.

Using Latino numbers to bolster diversity is a stretch since most Latinos are…white.

Sweetie, every college puts students of Hispanic heritage in their own category and considers them a group that adds diversity, and an underrepresented minority. You apparently have an issue with the entire system because you think they look white. That’s your issue and has no bearing on the actual diversity of any particular college.