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

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OP. I’m black and live in this DC-Balt area. But I did not grow up here. What I’ve found is that overall, this DC-Balt area is far more diverse than most metros in the country. And when it comes to colleges, unfortunately things align with economics and education. Most of your top 50 or so schools, no, most of your top 100 schools are not super diverse based on economics and education. We have noticed this at all levels of secondary and post secondary educational places.

I understand your shock.

WF is a good school. We know a handful of students there. Hopefully your DC can learn to enjoy the environment there. Good luck!

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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.

No need.

I’m very familiar with both Baltimore and WF. Your post made it sound like someone from an inner city public school made it to WF. The reality is an affluent student from an affluent neighborhood (e.g. Roland Park) from a Catholic prep school made it to WF. And she probably blended in with the other affluent preppy students on campus.

You almost got it right. PP’s kid is likely an affluent student from an affluent neighborhood (e.g. Roland Park) from a Baltimore prep school, but not necessarily a Catholic school.

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Wake was the dressiest college tour we’ve attended. Moms in Lilly Pulitzer dresses, some men had sport coats over polos and slacks, lots of perspective students in golf type attire versus the standard jeans, sweatshirts, athletic wear you see on most tours.

They seem like they are trying to improve diversity, but it does feel more homogeneous than the other schools we’ve toured.

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This is humorous. Someone is bending over backwards to paint WF as some kind of Lana Del Ray nostalgic Americana fantasy.

It's not.

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Rich kid school.

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Two summers ago we visited SLACs and universities of the northeast and Canada.

Everyone except us Asians was very white. Not overtly wealthy, but WHITE.

At McGill we saw more ethnic diversity.
In our midAtlantic region, we saw more ethnic diversity.

There you go, OP, more data points. Maybe Caucasian Americans are more culturally inclined to tour colleges?

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Anonymous wrote:This is humorous. Someone is bending over backwards to paint WF as some kind of Lana Del Ray nostalgic Americana fantasy.

It's not.

Same PP is saying exactly the same about U of Richmond. Trying to stir the pot with gross inaccuracies - just look at the reported demographics. Lily Pullitzer dresses?

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Who is the typical WF student? What are the top majors and jobs after college?

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Anonymous wrote:This is humorous. Someone is bending over backwards to paint WF as some kind of Lana Del Ray nostalgic Americana fantasy.

It's not.

Yup, there is an abundance of troll posts. Also, whomever is posting from their basement has no sense of current fashion, Tory Burch and Lily Pulitzer? Please.

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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?

Saaaaay, visit Howard U. and tell us about the diversity there.

Yeah, I’d be willing to bet you think All Lives Matter. 🙄

And I'd be willing to bet that you think there was no crime, arson, looting etc in the BLM riots.

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From wakes facts and figures admissions website.
Student Demographics
States represented: 47
Countries represented: 48
Ethnic diversity (historically underrepresented groups): 33%
That’s pretty white. On par with Notre Dame I think.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a POC but you’d never know by looking at him. He’s pretty white looking but he is half Hispanic.

Well then he isn’t a POC, is he? It’s not a euphemism for having a rich cultural background. It literally refers to the color of one’s skins and racism that may be experienced because of it.

Wait - Since when does POC only refer to people that actually look non-white? My DC’s buddy is half black, but has golden blond straight hair. Siblings are more obviously mixed race. However, they all identify strongly as black. Are you saying kid isn’t POC? What??

NP. I take the term literally. A POC literally has to have skin that is darker than the norm and be obviously not Caucasian. As a pp said, the term POC is not its own ethnic group.

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a POC but you’d never know by looking at him. He’s pretty white looking but he is half Hispanic.

Well then he isn’t a POC, is he? It’s not a euphemism for having a rich cultural background. It literally refers to the color of one’s skins and racism that may be experienced because of it.

Wait - Since when does POC only refer to people that actually look non-white? My DC’s buddy is half black, but has golden blond straight hair. Siblings are more obviously mixed race. However, they all identify strongly as black. Are you saying kid isn’t POC? What??

NP. I take the term literally. A POC literally has to have skin that is darker than the norm and be obviously not Caucasian. As a pp said, the term POC is not its own ethnic group.

It’s a term that also refers to culture, not just literal skin color. I’m South Asian and have several relatives who are 100% South Asian (Indian) and have skin as light as many white people. Conversely, my skin is quite a bit darker than some of my Black colleagues. You must have a very homogenous circle not to know that skin color can vary quite a bit even among people of the same race/ethnicity.

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Anonymous wrote:I know three Wake grads.
Two are blond women from very affluent southern families. Both live in Charlotte. Both are dead serious about monograms and family photos on the beach where everyone is wearing white button-down shirts. One works at an art gallery part-time and the other is a part-time writer. One is unhappily married from an ultra-preppy rich guy, and the other is bitterly divorced from an ultra-preppy rich guy that she says her mom “made” her marry.
The third wake grad I know was born in India, came to the US for the first time ever to attend Wake, founded a company that is now worth millions and has 1,000+ employees. He lives in NYC.

This completely tracks as the difference in the guys and the girls who go to WF

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Anonymous wrote:My son is a POC but you’d never know by looking at him. He’s pretty white looking but he is half Hispanic.

Well then he isn’t a POC, is he? It’s not a euphemism for having a rich cultural background. It literally refers to the color of one’s skins and racism that may be experienced because of it.

Wait - Since when does POC only refer to people that actually look non-white? My DC’s buddy is half black, but has golden blond straight hair. Siblings are more obviously mixed race. However, they all identify strongly as black. Are you saying kid isn’t POC? What??

NP. I take the term literally. A POC literally has to have skin that is darker than the norm and be obviously not Caucasian. As a pp said, the term POC is not its own ethnic group.

It’s a term that also refers to culture, not just literal skin color. I’m South Asian and have several relatives who are 100% South Asian (Indian) and have skin as light as many white people. Conversely, my skin is quite a bit darker than some of my Black colleagues. You must have a very homogenous circle not to know that skin color can vary quite a bit even among people of the same race/ethnicity.

Nope, sorry. A person of COLOR is just that.