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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Johns Hopkins is only 19% white (under-represented); 19% Hispanic; 15% Black; 29% Asian…

Curious.[/quote]

I worked at JHU and there is no way the Black population of undergrads is 15%. Your numbers are off according to several sources, including JHU's CDS: https://oir.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/CDS_2021-2022.pdf

White 24%
Black 8%
Asian 27%
Hispanic 18%

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I could give you the flier my kid received on his tour. It’s the numbers they have in their current pamphlet.[/quote]

My daughter did a tour too.  This is true:

STUDENT EXPERIENCE
AT HOPKINS, YOU'LL FIND PEOPLE WHO SHARE SIMILAR VALUES AND INTERESTS, AND MEET PEOPLE WITH COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORLD. Discussions spill out of classrooms, and novel ideas often find their spark on the way to grab lunch.
Students represent 50 states & 80 countries
15% African American/Black
2% Native American/Pacific Islander
29% Asian American
19% Hispanic/Latinx
1% Unknown
19% White/Caucasian
15% International[/quote]

That’s interesting. I think they are lying/ stretching the truth on the tour because the numbers JHU files with the government and publish on the CDS don’t match. Maybe they are include grad students to increase the diversity numbers?[/quote]

I don't know about JHU but I was listening to a NYTimes podcast with the president of Oberlin and she was defending the percentages of racial minorities, particularly Black students at her school, and mentioned that students who checked the "other" box are put in the multiracial category or maybe aren't fully factored into the final score, at least for Oberlin. Not sure if that's a thing at other, larger colleges. [/quote]

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