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

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Anonymous wrote:Our visit was just the opposite. Very multicultural. We are white and were in the minority by far.

How is this possible? We've toured Davidson, Elon, UNC and Duke and all were diverse. Wake was so, so white. My DMV kids said it's the whitest place they're ever seen (granted they've never lived outside of the DMV). I'm not making this up. We spent like 8 hours on campus. I keep looking for diversity-any if it. I'm literally confused and dismayed because if it exists I want to go back and amend my kids' opinions.

I guess you didn't walk around the campus or tour the housing?

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Anonymous wrote:Our visit was just the opposite. Very multicultural. We are white and were in the minority by far.

How is this possible? We've toured Davidson, Elon, UNC and Duke and all were diverse. Wake was so, so white. My DMV kids said it's the whitest place they're ever seen (granted they've never lived outside of the DMV). I'm not making this up. We spent like 8 hours on campus. I keep looking for diversity-any if it. I'm literally confused and dismayed because if it exists I want to go back and amend my kids' opinions.

I think this proves op is a troll. And please op, keep your dd with her “white washed” comment far from Wake.

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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?

And the problem is?

You don’t see a problem with an all white school? I mean I’m not even sure if OPs assessment is correct but try to understand the world is not all white and POCs May be surprised when a university still is

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

I’ll bite . I agree OPs comments about white washed are gross, but surely you understand that most people want some racial diversity ?

Wake is trying to improve diversity but one third people of color isn’t no diversity. Let’s not buy into op’s attempt to troll.

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I’m left leaning, grew up near Wake and attended. Yes, it could get whiter and preppier. Because 25 years ago it was. It’s not a model of diversity, and kids trend UMC. But a lot of private colleges have that problem. They are pricing themselves out of all but a narrow band of people.

My kids didn’t apply because they wouldn’t have been happy coming from the DMV. But, it’s headed in the right direction.

What does strike me about Wake is that is is very pre-professional. It’s engineering is meh, and it’s very pre- (law, med, MBA, etc). For better or worse, that’s it’s profile.

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OP, what ethnic background are you and your children? Because if you’re white, the irony is amazing.

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75% of the United States is white.
66% of Wake Forest is white.

They also just opened a new early action window only for first gen and students of color.

Their % white has been declining by about a point each year if you look at the CDS.

The shift to more diversity may not be as fast as you would like but those are all facts.

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I think it’s funny how the OP was appalled at expensive sneakers. Go to any top 50 even top 100 school and you will see the same. A lot of families are applying to the same group of schools.

Oh and a lot of people spend money on shoes. They no longer need dress shoes in business casual and post Covid world so the sneaker and designer sneaker market has boomed.

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

Thank you I was thinking same.

The US is about 75% white, so not surprising there are a lot of rich white people at an expensive, private university’s information session. OP sounds horrible.

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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.

Le sigh. Please watch “Imitation of Life”.

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What is wrong with with white people? I would also point out that teenagers of every race and HHI wear really expensive sneakers. It is a thing and not just for rich white kids.

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

You should ask Wake. they have a new EA admissions window this year for only first-gen families, aimed at getting less white people on campus. I'm not sure how many white people is too many but they are quite open that their current percentage is too high.

"first gen" =/= POC

How I know: my family is jam packed with white Gen Z kids who _would_ have been the 'first generation' to attend college ... except they blew that off and are instead hair stylists, mechanics, sheet metal fabricators, an electrician apprentice, a Chik-fil-A manager, a CNA and probably some others I'm forgetting. Oh, an IT guy and a bartender. All of them white, all the kids of blue collar parents.

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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.

DS and I think that's great! He chose a different school but we both loved the feel when we visited WF. So sick of the antagonism and thought/language police here in DC, where DS was born and raised.

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Not sure why OP is getting attacked. These observations are important.

But PP is right that these prospective events annd tours are not representative of all families. I’m white but grew up low income. We didn’t tour a single school and my parents never came to an event or even graduation because it was an expensive trip and we would all rather use that money differently. My first day in college was my first day on the West Coast.

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

I’ll bite . I agree OPs comments about white washed are gross, but surely you understand that most people want some racial diversity ?

I'll respond. I completely disagree that "most" people "want" racial diversity. I think most young people would think that's fine if it exists and fine if it doesn't, so long as that happens organically due to self selection and not as a result of Klan infiltration. When I go to a NHL hockey game I don't sit around thinking, "this would be great if only there were more black fans!" Same with a alt country live music show or a Vermeer exhibit. Or Vermont.