Anonymous
11/10/2025 12:00
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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.
Anonymous
11/10/2025 11:08
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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
11/10/2025 11:06
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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
11/10/2025 10:52
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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
11/10/2025 09:22
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
Anonymous wrote: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
11/10/2025 07:36
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
you think "natives" is a word pricenton used? this is DCUM!
Anonymous
11/10/2025 07:32
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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
11/09/2025 21:03
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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.
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
11/09/2025 19:51
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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
11/09/2025 19:11
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
11/09/2025 19:10
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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.
Anonymous
11/09/2025 18:59
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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
11/09/2025 18:54
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
Anonymous wrote: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
11/09/2025 18:46
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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?
Anonymous
11/09/2025 18:45
Subject: Princeton Class of 2029 Demographics
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.