Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 08:00     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a friend group that includes white, black, Latino, south Asian, and East Asian, or a good majority of these, can you let me know the school? My kids have very diverse friend groups and I'm trying to figure out which T50 schools will give them both a good education AND an inclusive environment.


You asked for

“a good majority of these.” While it’s not quite a majority yet, Harvard is up to 41% Asian. Is that diverse enough for you?


I asked specifically if the friend good has a good majority of the various ethnic groups. I'm not sure Harvard actually has the diversity I would seek.


Harvard is not diverse enough for your child?

Oye vey.



To the op, have you considered

https://www.uh.cu/home/
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:59     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NP here—this isn’t lame. I have a white kid who goes to a diverse HS and has a very diverse friend group who has noticed when there is a significantly higher percentage of white kids at some of the universities we have toured. This is something that they have been keeping in mind when looking at where they will land.


Why don’t you name and shame those top colleges? 😉


Well, if you read my post closely, I didn’t mention top (OP did) and I also didn’t give it a quality of good/bad. It’s just how my kids grew up and it’s what feels normal to them and so they took it into consideration when applying. No need to shame, that’s now how I work. I was responding to the pp who called op “lame” and I didn’t want op to think that everyone thought he/she was lame.


I am a separate poster, but my kid noticed it at Delaware and Pitt when we toured. Ended up at Mason for a number of reasons where yes, his friend group is diverse (as is the student body.) He came from a HS that was less than 15% white (he is white) so seeing very few kids of color was noticeable.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:58     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a friend group that includes white, black, Latino, south Asian, and East Asian, or a good majority of these, can you let me know the school? My kids have very diverse friend groups and I'm trying to figure out which T50 schools will give them both a good education AND an inclusive environment.


You asked for

“a good majority of these.” While it’s not quite a majority yet, Harvard is up to 41% Asian. Is that diverse enough for you?


I asked specifically if the friend good has a good majority of the various ethnic groups. I'm not sure Harvard actually has the diversity I would seek.


Harvard is not diverse enough for your child?

Oye vey.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:45     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:NP here—this isn’t lame. I have a white kid who goes to a diverse HS and has a very diverse friend group who has noticed when there is a significantly higher percentage of white kids at some of the universities we have toured. This is something that they have been keeping in mind when looking at where they will land.


Why don’t you name and shame those top colleges? 😉


Well, if you read my post closely, I didn’t mention top (OP did) and I also didn’t give it a quality of good/bad. It’s just how my kids grew up and it’s what feels normal to them and so they took it into consideration when applying. No need to shame, that’s now how I work. I was responding to the pp who called op “lame” and I didn’t want op to think that everyone thought he/she was lame.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:30     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:Since the key criteria here seems to be finding a good fit, which in this case means a good majority of diverse learners, have you visited the many, excellent, HBCUs?


HBCUs, if they are true to their traditional purpose, aren’t diverse at all. It’s right there in the name — they are “black” universities. That server black people. So, not diverse.

That said, some HBCUs are majority white now.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:25     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a friend group that includes white, black, Latino, south Asian, and East Asian, or a good majority of these, can you let me know the school? My kids have very diverse friend groups and I'm trying to figure out which T50 schools will give them both a good education AND an inclusive environment.


You asked for

“a good majority of these.” While it’s not quite a majority yet, Harvard is up to 41% Asian. Is that diverse enough for you?


NP. That’s the opposite of diversity. It’s probably a plurality.

It’s similar to DC schools. Most aren’t diverse at all, they’re majority black.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:24     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Generally I am against rankings, but this may give you some place to start: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/slideshows/see-the-most-diverse-national-universities I also can’t find a more recent list.

But this is definitely on my kid’s mind. She’s biracial (and really only has a few fully white friends). Being somewhere that has a lot of different cultures not just present but really represented is important to her.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:23     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:If your kid has a friend group that includes white, black, Latino, south Asian, and East Asian, or a good majority of these, can you let me know the school? My kids have very diverse friend groups and I'm trying to figure out which T50 schools will give them both a good education AND an inclusive environment.


Not very. Benetton was an ad campaign in the 80s, not a reflection of reality. Even in younger grades kids tend to self-segregate and this is especially true by high school.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:21     Subject: S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
We're white. I have no idea what DDs friends at school look like. Her closest friends are Sam and Veronica. I know Sam is gay because I asked if she was dating him. I have no idea what race he is and I only know Veronica is friendly and kind.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:18     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since the key criteria here seems to be finding a good fit, which in this case means a good majority of diverse learners, have you visited the many, excellent, HBCUs?


+1

Can’t get more diverse than that.


Do you understand the word diverse?


lol. Love this response. Diverse means variety. If you're asking if my kids friends group at college includes black or hispanic people, then ask that.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:18     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since the key criteria here seems to be finding a good fit, which in this case means a good majority of diverse learners, have you visited the many, excellent, HBCUs?


+1

Can’t get more diverse than that.


Do you understand the word diverse?

I’m not the one you’re replying to. But “they” always define diversity as the % non-white (sometimes non-white plus non-Asian).

Why don’t you compose a spreadsheet of the figures from their CDS?

Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:09     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since the key criteria here seems to be finding a good fit, which in this case means a good majority of diverse learners, have you visited the many, excellent, HBCUs?


+1

Can’t get more diverse than that.


Do you understand the word diverse?
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:09     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
My kids had a lot of diverse groups when they were growing up because they played football, soccer, lacrosse, they volunteered, our neighborhood is diverse.

One went to a flagship school and the other went to a T 30 school. I find colleges to not have diverse groups.



Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:07     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Anonymous wrote:Since the key criteria here seems to be finding a good fit, which in this case means a good majority of diverse learners, have you visited the many, excellent, HBCUs?


+1

Can’t get more diverse than that.
Anonymous
Post 02/06/2026 07:07     Subject: Re:S/O- how diverse is your kid's friend group?
Since the key criteria here seems to be finding a good fit, which in this case means a good majority of diverse learners, have you visited the many, excellent, HBCUs?