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aries84 · 07-06-2005

Hi, I'm going to be at disney for this fall too. But I won't get there untill August.
I have similar concerns about the diversity of the program. I have been in the situation where i was one out of 8 kids that were non African American minorities in a large group of Caucasian kids. Its not a comfortable thing. I've been doing the same, asking people who have been there and gathering a lot of information. What I find is that many people do tell me that it is extreamly diverse, but when I look at thier pictures from the trips, you see one or two token minority faces. I went to my program advisor with this question, and he told me that in terms of people actually on the college program, and live with us in the housing areas, it is not as diverse. (excluding international program, but they live elsewhere)

What I feel needs to be kept in mind is that the term "diversity" means something completely differnt in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, where I am from, than it would mean to areas of the United States that are not known for a mix of colors.

07-06-2005	#15 (permalink)
aries84 Baby MouseBuzzer Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 1	Re: College Program, Diverse? Hi, I'm going to be at disney for this fall too. But I won't get there untill August. I have similar concerns about the diversity of the program. I have been in the situation where i was one out of 8 kids that were non African American minorities in a large group of Caucasian kids. Its not a comfortable thing. I've been doing the same, asking people who have been there and gathering a lot of information. What I find is that many people do tell me that it is extreamly diverse, but when I look at thier pictures from the trips, you see one or two token minority faces. I went to my program advisor with this question, and he told me that in terms of people actually on the college program, and live with us in the housing areas, it is not as diverse. (excluding international program, but they live elsewhere) What I feel needs to be kept in mind is that the term "diversity" means something completely differnt in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, where I am from, than it would mean to areas of the United States that are not known for a mix of colors.