| Diversity
I am also interested in Keepingcalm's question about ethnic diversity in MT programs (not just WSU). I posted pretty much the same question on the OCU thread. Interestingly, I noted there that OCU (not necessarily the MT program) only had 6% African Americans and 3% Hispanics. I looked up NYU later, and found that their percentages were even lower than that! Very surprising.
However, I have to believe that NYC (and some other metropolises) would provide a more diverse environment than Oklahoma City would, beyond the campus. That will be a fairly weighty consideration in our D's decision where to apply, in addition to the quality of the MT program. Have others out there been making those kinds of decisions?
I was also interested in Keepingcalm's comment about diversity being a "touchy subject." I think that a young person's desire to expand her horizons beyond what she's known growing up is a valid and worthy ambition. But that doesn't mean everybody will make his/her decision with the same criteria--different people want different things, and should make application decisions according to their own judgements. So I'm not sure why that should be "touchy." |