Dartmouth College Class of 2028: White, Asian, Black and Native American Numbers FELL. Hispanic or Latinx ROSE

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When that happens, IMO, it means they leaned heavily on the National Merit Hispanic Recognition Program designation in apps.

Which seems .. lazy?

Yes but it works

Works how? Plenty of kids claim to be Hispanic who are three generations away from speaking anything but English. It’s not making Dartmouth more diverse on anything but paper.

So you agree it works. Did you seriously think any of these institutions actually valued diversity? Did you think it was just a coincidence that the forms of diversity that most easily lend themselves to being manipulated on paper (racial/gender categorizations) just so happened to also be the forms of diversity that these institutions cared about almost exclusively?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When that happens, IMO, it means they leaned heavily on the National Merit Hispanic Recognition Program designation in apps.

Which seems .. lazy?

Yes but it works

Works how? Plenty of kids claim to be Hispanic who are three generations away from speaking anything but English. It’s not making Dartmouth more diverse on anything but paper.

Exactly.

It even says on the link

Note: Values do not total 100% as some students report more than one race or ethnicity. Underrepresented Backgrounds include Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, and Native or Indigenous students.

So you have Latinas who look like Alexis Bledel, Anya Taylor-Joy and Germans from Argentina.

But that doesn’t make them white. Taylor joy was born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires- she’s jut a light skin Latina, kinda a natural consequence of colonization an European migration to Argentina

[Anonymous]

Since Hispanic is merely checking a box, more and more are doing that. All it takes is if someone identifies culturally with being Hispanic.

Not to sound cynical, but if you enjoy Taco Tuesdays every week, you have the right to check the box.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since Hispanic is merely checking a box, more and more are doing that. All it takes is if someone identifies culturally with being Hispanic.

Not to sound cynical, but if you enjoy Taco Tuesdays every week, you have the right to check the box.

To clarify, that would still need to be revealed in the application, as the demographic checkboxes are not visible to AOs during admissions review.

College Board Recognition Programs like NHRP involves both checking a box and qualifying for the award via PSAT or the alternate method involving AP scores, including documentation from the high school. The award would then need to be listed in the application. The award will only be relevant for top 10% of the minority group, so perhaps not very significant numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When that happens, IMO, it means they leaned heavily on the National Merit Hispanic Recognition Program designation in apps.

Which seems .. lazy?

Yes but it works

Works how? Plenty of kids claim to be Hispanic who are three generations away from speaking anything but English. It’s not making Dartmouth more diverse on anything but paper.

Exactly.

It even says on the link

Note: Values do not total 100% as some students report more than one race or ethnicity. Underrepresented Backgrounds include Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, and Native or Indigenous students.

So you have Latinas who look like Alexis Bledel, Anya Taylor-Joy and Germans from Argentina.

But that doesn’t make them white. Taylor joy was born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires- she’s jut a light skin Latina, kinda a natural consequence of colonization an European migration to Argentina

Anya identifies as White.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/anya-taylor-joy-argentina-queens-gambit-b1810984.html

[Anonymous]

Great Native American numbers!
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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The class is so small you are talking about very small shifts in the number of kids.

Also not only do you not know the race of the students who didn't disclose (could be white or could be AAPI kids who fear discrimination or multi-racial students who just get tired of having to identify -- people have all kinds of perspectives on this) but also nearly 15% of the class are international students whose race is not included in the demographic breakdown. So it's possible the actual racial diversity of the class is identical to last year or different in a way that you wouldn't expect because the shifts are so small and the class is so small and there are actually quite a few students whose race is not even represented in these numbers.

It looks like a pretty diverse class. I truly don't get why people get so worked up about this unless you personally were rejected by Dartmouth and looking for a reason why that decision was wrong or unfair or whatever.

Because some people really dislike racism

[Anonymous]

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Students who chose not to disclose their race doubled from 3.3% to 6.6% (White Students, obvi).

All percentage changes aren't that significant, in my opinion.


https://home.dartmouth.edu/news/2024/09/class-2028#:~:text=Of%20the%201%2C184%20students%20in,all%2Dtime%20high%20for%20Dartmouth.

I think this was reported back on the 16th or 17th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When that happens, IMO, it means they leaned heavily on the National Merit Hispanic Recognition Program designation in apps.

Which seems .. lazy?

Yes but it works

Works how? Plenty of kids claim to be Hispanic who are three generations away from speaking anything but English. It’s not making Dartmouth more diverse on anything but paper.

Exactly.

It even says on the link

Note: Values do not total 100% as some students report more than one race or ethnicity. Underrepresented Backgrounds include Black or African American, Hispanic or Latinx, and Native or Indigenous students.

So you have Latinas who look like Alexis Bledel, Anya Taylor-Joy and Germans from Argentina.

But that doesn’t make them white. Taylor joy was born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires- she’s jut a light skin Latina, kinda a natural consequence of colonization an European migration to Argentina

Anya identifies as White.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/anya-taylor-joy-argentina-queens-gambit-b1810984.html

Yes. the article states that she is a white...
Latina

[Anonymous]

Do you know how racist it is to say latinx? It is white people imposing their own titles on people who are actually comfortable with themselves. Shame on you.

[Anonymous]

Good Latinos are really underrepresented in universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great Native American numbers!
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I believe they have a special program as Dartmouth recognizes it was built on Native American land.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good Latinos are really underrepresented in universities.

I fail to understand your comment. What is a good Latino?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great Native American numbers!
🐧

I think they have a very specific outreach program and indigenous studies major….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Great Native American numbers!
🐧

I believe they have a special program as Dartmouth recognizes it was built on Native American land.

Every university makes that recognition though….
Check the fine print (or the large if in person).