Diversity at Boston College?

yodiemagical
Tue, 18 Apr 2017 22:10:05 +0000

Well I’m not so much of a current student so much as an incoming student but this is what I have gathered…

A little about me, I’m Hispanic (dominican, gudetaman, PR) and black (African + some Haitian roots) and I got some Spanish in me (Italian). I’m also a women and one of seven children with a family earning of 12k yearly. So yeah I’m nothing like the typical BC student (esp since I openly identify as an atheist).

Due to my ethnicity I’m considered an AHANA student (African/Hispanic/Asian/Native American) and was invited to BC to attend the AHANA Weekend in April. Basically all people who fit AHANA are welcomed and for them to connect. They had diverse foods, performers, and art available. They paired us up with current ahana students and they were able to give us insight on life as an ahana student.

From all this, including some AHANA housing available, I feel like BC recognizes the lack of diversity and is actively trying to change this. The 2021 class is the largest AHANA class ever.

According to my AHANA host, she says that you will be surrounded by mostly privileged white people but that there are many outlets available to connect and get in touch with AHANA background…

If you were admitted into the OTE program this is another way in which is AHANAS can connect.

Hope this helped a little!