Asians at Dartmouth?

interesteddad
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:39:33 +0000

The attendance rate would be lower than the acceptance rate for any race.




True. The yield (percentage of accepted students who actually enroll) varies tremendously by race. African American yield is terribly low with Hispanic not far behind – a factor that makes affirmative action an uphill battle. Asian yield usually tracks pretty closely with White yield from what I’ve seen. Dartmouth has pretty solid Asian enrollment at 12%. In general, I think you’ll find that the East Coast schools in more urban locations, with less emphasis on athletics, and less of a “party” reputation have the highest Asian-American enrollments. Both Harvard and Swarthmore are at 16% or so.

None of the east coast schools come close to the Asian enrollment of the California schools – an obvious consequence of demographics in the regions.