<p>So I picked a multicultural dorm. I don’t regret it. I love it. But I’ve come to realise that the type of people interested in languages, multicultural issues, international relations, global causes and whatnot are often not the type into the hard sciences. Then there are international students (or engineering students) who apparently study that sort of stuff, but they are really shy, asocial, reclusive and untalkative. </p>
<p>What is wrong with this world? Or my school? It’s at times like these when I wonder how MIT is like. Or is there the same issue too? (How does MIT party, anyway?)</p>
<p>It probably depends on your school. International students who want to study engineering can find a mediocre school in their own country, so there’s no point in going to America to go to a mediocre school. The international students going to America’s engineering schools are only the very best students, so they’re going to only the very best colleges. </p>
<p>I’m sure someone can provide some anecdotal evidence showing the opposite of what I said, but it makes sense right?</p>
<p>I think what you’re seeing is not a lack of “multicultural” people in hard science, but a lack of “multicultural” people in hard science in your dorm. I’m sure there are plenty of “multicultural” people who did not pick the multicultural dorm. The people who would choose to live in such a dorm are going to be people who are interested in studying many cultures, so it makes sense that there would be mostly foreign language and IR majors.</p>