American, White Males at Stanford

This is from Stanford's website.

Class of 2013 Profile

International - 38% Minorities - 27% Women - 24% Total 99%

I am no mathmatician, but it seems that this leaves 1% for white males from the US. Seems a little strange....

Am I misreading this ?

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WhiteHatPlus that adds up to 89% dude.

I am laughing pretty hard right now.

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WhiteHat

Plus that adds up to 89% dude.

Pls kill me!!!!

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I think you have already been double pwned but yeah not mutually exclusive and that equals 89%...although I would guess that there are more than 24% females at Stanford so that could just be White-American women.

 
MistaBooks

I am no mathmatician, but it seems that this leaves 1% for white males from the US. Seems a little strange....

Goddamn one percenters.

 

Hahaha

But yeah - there's gonna be tons of overlap between minorities and international, and then some of the women fall into those categories too. They obviously just print the statistics that way to make the campus look more diverse

 

all joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Money Never Sleeps? More like Money Never SUCKS amirite?!?!?!?
 
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Or just look at the % of people who aren't on financial aid and that's your answer.

 
BlackHat
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Or just look at the % of people who aren't on financial aid and that's your answer.

Wouldn't work because they probably count Asians as minorities.

 
BlackHat
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Or just look at the % of people who aren't on financial aid and that's your answer.

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BlackHat
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Or just look at the % of people who aren't on financial aid and that's your answer.

No dice - Stanford doesn't give aid to international students.

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BlackHat
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Or just look at the % of people who aren't on financial aid and that's your answer.

You're going to get a lot of angry PMs from all the TFA white guys. Besides, isn't admissions need blind

 
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

that's not a reasonable assumption. the number of white international students won't be negligible. there are always sizeable european and latin american contingents (mostly male)...and virtually 100% of them are white. then add in canadians, australians, etc.
 
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Actually. 100-27 = 73%* percent of men which is actually 66 = 48 international + us men. But we still have to discount international men. (assuming international men and women have the same proportion as the overall and there are no white international men) we do 38*.66 = 25. so 48-25 =

23% white us men.

 
miscer
sayandarulaall joking aside, a better way to estimate (wont be exact) the number of white american males at stanford based on these numbers alone is to take the percentage of non-minorites (whites) which is 100 - 27 = 73%, and multiply it by the percentage of men, which is 100-24 = 76%. assuming that the number of white international students is negligible, this puts the percentage of white american males at stanford at about 55%.

this method assumes that the breakdown between men and women is the same for minorities and whites, and (as mentioned before) that there are a neglible amount of white international students.

Actually. 100-27 = 73%* percent of men which is actually 66 = 48 international + us men. But we still have to discount international men. (assuming international men and women have the same proportion as the overall and there are no white international men) we do 38*.66 = 25. so 48-25 =

23% white us men.

Are you illiterate?

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FYI, "international" is not a race (ie: British)

Fuck me... I really hope you're 12, and not a Stanford student.

 
Relinquis
MistaBooksWow, I'm an idiot. Glad I am providing a decent laugh :)
much appreciated!

seriously though, happens to the best of us...

No it doesn't
 
MistaBooksThis is from Stanford's website.

Class of 2013 Profile

International - 38% Minorities - 27% Women - 24% Total 99%

I am no mathmatician, but it seems that this leaves 1% for white males from the US. Seems a little strange.... Am I misreading this ?

Pro Tip: Some Internationals are also women. As are some Minorities.

 

I really hope you have never taken a statistics course. Because if you passed it, your college needs to really up its game.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

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