Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If a student is White and Asian, which "bucket" is she counted under? White, Asian, White and Asian, or Multi?

The bucket you check on the common app.

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Anonymous wrote:What would Obama have been? Hawaiian? Black? White? Multiracial?

I'm guessing most of those white spots are athletes or legacies. I know a major metro area white kid who got in (they had a distant hook but probably didn't move the needle). But they are pretty rare.

Obama wasn't Hawaiian. he's biracial. or this is how you self-identify, so maybe black. which seems fair.

I agree that in his case he would likely identify as multi-racial. But couldn't a 100% white kid from Hawaii claim to be Hawaiian?

Kind of like how a white person who lived most of their life in Africa theoretically is "African-American?" I don't know how precisely they define this but I think they could say that with a straight face.

I hate Trump and I hate how he is dealing with this but I can't wait for the day when all of these boxes go away.

no. my husband is from morocco. my kid, while 1/2 "African", is not African American. Likewise, Elon Musk is not "African-American". Hawaiian is an indigineous ethinicity

Are they that specific in defining it when presenting the box? I think you can check the box with a straight face unless they are very specific. On a similar note, what percentage of a certain background do you need to be to qualify? 1/4? 1/8?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would Obama have been? Hawaiian? Black? White? Multiracial?

I'm guessing most of those white spots are athletes or legacies. I know a major metro area white kid who got in (they had a distant hook but probably didn't move the needle). But they are pretty rare.

Obama wasn't Hawaiian. he's biracial. or this is how you self-identify, so maybe black. which seems fair.

I agree that in his case he would likely identify as multi-racial. But couldn't a 100% white kid from Hawaii claim to be Hawaiian?

Kind of like how a white person who lived most of their life in Africa theoretically is "African-American?" I don't know how precisely they define this but I think they could say that with a straight face.

I hate Trump and I hate how he is dealing with this but I can't wait for the day when all of these boxes go away.

No, they could not. Hawaiian/Pacific islander is an ethnicity, not a geographic indicator.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would Obama have been? Hawaiian? Black? White? Multiracial?

I'm guessing most of those white spots are athletes or legacies. I know a major metro area white kid who got in (they had a distant hook but probably didn't move the needle). But they are pretty rare.

Obama wasn't Hawaiian. he's biracial. or this is how you self-identify, so maybe black. which seems fair.

I agree that in his case he would likely identify as multi-racial. But couldn't a 100% white kid from Hawaii claim to be Hawaiian?

Kind of like how a white person who lived most of their life in Africa theoretically is "African-American?" I don't know how precisely they define this but I think they could say that with a straight face.

I hate Trump and I hate how he is dealing with this but I can't wait for the day when all of these boxes go away.

no. my husband is from morocco. my kid, while 1/2 "African", is not African American. Likewise, Elon Musk is not "African-American". Hawaiian is an indigineous ethinicity

Are they that specific in defining it when presenting the box? I think you can check the box with a straight face unless they are very specific. On a similar note, what percentage of a certain background do you need to be to qualify? 1/4? 1/8?

Nope, that's not what African-American means

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What would Obama have been? Hawaiian? Black? White? Multiracial?

I'm guessing most of those white spots are athletes or legacies. I know a major metro area white kid who got in (they had a distant hook but probably didn't move the needle). But they are pretty rare.

Some would say international.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What would Obama have been? Hawaiian? Black? White? Multiracial?

I'm guessing most of those white spots are athletes or legacies. I know a major metro area white kid who got in (they had a distant hook but probably didn't move the needle). But they are pretty rare.

Obama wasn't Hawaiian. he's biracial. or this is how you self-identify, so maybe black. which seems fair.

I agree that in his case he would likely identify as multi-racial. But couldn't a 100% white kid from Hawaii claim to be Hawaiian?

Kind of like how a white person who lived most of their life in Africa theoretically is "African-American?" I don't know how precisely they define this but I think they could say that with a straight face.

I hate Trump and I hate how he is dealing with this but I can't wait for the day when all of these boxes go away.

no. my husband is from morocco. my kid, while 1/2 "African", is not African American. Likewise, Elon Musk is not "African-American". Hawaiian is an indigineous ethinicity

Are they that specific in defining it when presenting the box? I think you can check the box with a straight face unless they are very specific. On a similar note, what percentage of a certain background do you need to be to qualify? 1/4? 1/8?

Nope, that's not what African-American means

french Montana is Moroccan and he has the n-pass so your kid does as well...
...which makes him african-american.

They haven't explicitly defined african-american as 'ados'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Group Percent of Class
Natives 0.1
Asians. 27.1
Blacks 5.0
Hispanics. 9.2
Intl. 14.1
Multiracial 7.7
Hawaiian 0.0
White 28.5
Unknown 8.2

Didn't see a thread made about princeton's class of 2029 demographics so dropping it here. Interesting mix.

5% of blacks at the top colleges is the average.

Nothing new.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Group Percent of Class
Natives 0.1
Asians. 27.1
Blacks 5.0
Hispanics. 9.2
Intl. 14.1
Multiracial 7.7
Hawaiian 0.0
White 28.5
Unknown 8.2

Didn't see a thread made about princeton's class of 2029 demographics so dropping it here. Interesting mix.

5% of blacks at the top colleges is the average.

Nothing new.

pretty new. it's been 8-9% for last several years. this is 50% drop

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Group Percent of Class
Natives 0.1
Asians. 27.1
Blacks 5.0
Hispanics. 9.2
Intl. 14.1
Multiracial 7.7
Hawaiian 0.0
White 28.5
Unknown 8.2

Didn't see a thread made about princeton's class of 2029 demographics so dropping it here. Interesting mix.

IT IS NOT “HISPANICS.” THE CORRECT TERM IS LATINX.

Do better.

[Anonymous]

you think "natives" is a word pricenton used? this is DCUM!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If a student is White and Asian, which "bucket" is she counted under? White, Asian, White and Asian, or Multi?

The bucket you check on the common app.

Ha. Seriously

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Group Percent of Class
Natives 0.1
Asians. 27.1
Blacks 5.0
Hispanics. 9.2
Intl. 14.1
Multiracial 7.7
Hawaiian 0.0
White 28.5
Unknown 8.2

Didn't see a thread made about princeton's class of 2029 demographics so dropping it here. Interesting mix.

IT IS NOT “HISPANICS.” THE CORRECT TERM IS LATINX.

Do better.

Did you understand the intent? If so, stop complaining. And BTW, not all Hispanics are technically LatinX. I’m speaking from personal experience. Do better!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Group Percent of Class
Natives 0.1
Asians. 27.1
Blacks 5.0
Hispanics. 9.2
Intl. 14.1
Multiracial 7.7
Hawaiian 0.0
White 28.5
Unknown 8.2

Didn't see a thread made about princeton's class of 2029 demographics so dropping it here. Interesting mix.

IT IS NOT “HISPANICS.” THE CORRECT TERM IS LATINX.

Do better.

You are not going to be successful in having people adopt terms like this by screaming, unknown variable x linguistics issues aside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Group Percent of Class
Natives 0.1
Asians. 27.1
Blacks 5.0
Hispanics. 9.2
Intl. 14.1
Multiracial 7.7
Hawaiian 0.0
White 28.5
Unknown 8.2

Didn't see a thread made about princeton's class of 2029 demographics so dropping it here. Interesting mix.

Domestic Asians is actually higher than white given that the “unknown” category has a significant domestic Asian proportion.

[Anonymous]

i'm surprised the white number is that high considering the word has been out for quite some time how hard Princeton is when you attend.