Hootenanny

Long time lurker, but had to post. I hope I'm not the only one who hopes that diversity is factored into acceptances. I'm wading through waitlists like a champ right now, and the thought has crossed my mind that my white maleness could have a hand in that fine line between paradise and purgatory. But I specifically avoided programs with low diversity scores. I don't want to spend the next period of my life studying literature with a cohort that's not diverse. What's the point of collaborating with folks that bring the same thoughts to the table? Now, race does not straight up equal diversity, but we're lying to ourselves if it's not a factor. I'd actually push for more comprehensively documenting applicants range of diversity (a la Yale's diversity statement), since the only thing worse than discussing literature with a bunch of 20-something liberal white kids from the suburbs is discussing literature with a bunch of 20-something liberal kids of different ethnicities from the suburbs.