Odds of meeting your spouse at MBA

Saying that you are doctor is the best way you can impress a girl. I cannot imagine saying to a girl that I am a plastic surgeon / cardiologist and not taking her pants off later on. My sister got her masters in journalism (or sth related) in UCLA and she told me all girls in her program + many from other faculties hoped to date a guy from the medical school.

Yes. That's #37 from Barney Stinson's play book. True story.

And you shoulda gone for OBGYN for the pun.

A woman recalling Barney's quotes ... even adding on top of it ..
this chat is going to be LEGEN…wait for it…DARY.

Also true story, I quoted that on one of my essays (well, because it is!!). Hope the adcom watch HIMYM.

I love it how in the US tv shows guys get the super hot girls so easy and whats better, the super hot girls always make the first step :D

I love it how in the US tv shows guys get the super hot girls so easy and whats better, the super hot girls always make the first step :D

Oh I didn't want to make someone second guess their school choice!! I definitely think girls have the advantage in business schools, because there are so few of us, and I'd be ecstatic to go to Haas. While I've personally experienced many people that did graduate from both of those schools, it isn't everyone. Even I have hope that I'll find someone. I just found that places like NYC and Philadelphia were more open to inter-racial dating of all races. The problems I've faced here as a single half black/half white girl are things that wouldn't have been an issue for me when I was at school on the east coast. I don't think it means people are close-minded or bigoted at all. I just think people have pre-concieved ideas of what they think is attractive. Which isn't a problem I thought I'd face in such a liberal area as San Francisco.

Additionally, without getting too awkward, I don't think any Asian girls have anything to worry about.

Hands down, very useful and interesting thread. I would like to add my 2 cents here, based on my experience and observation

I am an European (Caucasian) guy, who did his undergrad in West Europe and also did a study abroad semester in the US. What I noticed is:

*Guys generally, very few exceptions, don`t really care about the race of the girl. What is the most important thing is looks. Guys like attractive girls and diversity makes it even better

* Caucasian girls have strong preference towards North American and European guys. Rarely had I seen white (and attractive girl ) with a black guy. Never had I seen white girl with an asian guy.

* Looks play an extremely important part (especially in Europe). I cannot really say which gender tends to be more selective in terms of looks, but this tendency was more evident in Europe. Perhaps because ,generally speaking, people in Europe tend to care more about their appearance and , on average, both males and females look attractive, wearing the latest clothes, parfumes and so on..

* People in Europe tend to be much more conservative and prejudiced. A guy I met in Belgium told me that his grandather had told him he would leave him without inheritance unless he brings home a white (preferably blond) wife. I think in this regard people in Europe are at the level at which the ones in the US were in the 1970s.

* This is based strictly on one conversation with a Japanese girl. She told me that when dating, girls tend to think very long term and she would not, personally, date a guy from a country, in which she cannot envision herself living.

The thing I noticed is that race does not really matters. What matters (more) is ethnicity. Ethnicity plays part to the extend to which one party decides to isolate him/herself and seek only people from their ethnicity. And when I say ethnicity, I mean religion. You mentioned that you are from Pakistan. Well, in the US there was in my uni a Pakistani clique and girls were wearing the burqa...which basically, at least to non-Muslim guys means "I am unavailable".

It is fair to say that Pakistani girls and Indian girls look similarly. I know two Caucasian guy - Indian girl couples, but I did not see a Caucasian guy - Pakistani girl couple, despite the fact that I am pretty sure Pakistani girls significantly outnumbered Indian ones.

Actually I will still apply to Haas but I am just trying to prioritize. Planning always helps me. I believe the 'fit' is important and I just don't want to be in place which is close-minded. And I believe Asian girls have nothing to worry about but south asian (Pakistani to be specific) do. :/ Good to have someone on the forum who knows about this comparisons between areas. How a liberal people are in a place will be a huge factor for me

Since Nelz2015 is talking about interracial dating, is applying to high ranking b-schools and is talking about open-mindedness, then I'd like to take it for granted that she's not one of the burqa-clad women...

I also take it for granted that Nelz2015 is not the burqa type of a girl. My example just served to show that its not ethnicity or race, its the actual behavior of the specific person.
Generally speaking, from my experience, as long as foreigners in Europe and the USA basically act as one of the rest, go to parties, socialize, have fun, there is no reason why these people cannot date/befriend the locals. But very often foreigners just hang with people of their own culture & language and makes it very difficult. Because, lets face it, no matter how b-schools try to sell the ideas of liberalism, multi-culturalism, diversity...at the end of the day, people like to stick with people with whom they can relate, with people that share similar views. Yes, people in b-schools are smart and open-minded and they will be very polite and welcoming, but I find it difficult to imagine that they will really get close with someone who exhibits very unfamiliar behavior and adheres to totally different culture.
Bottom line and I conclude this topic: From what I have seen, ethnicity, race, religion does not matter. It matters how you act in your new environment and how you personally and individually fit there

In the US the "burqa-clad" comments will probably get flagged as politically incorrect. No judging, just saying. On the other hand, I'm glad I'm not in the US anymore so I am free to say what I really think.

IMHO, there are cool people and "uncool" people in every culture and ethnicity. Certain countries, statistically speaking, export more uncool people than others. I would hang with people of any ethnicity or culture, including women sporting traditional clothes, as long as they're cool. But unfortunately, in most western countries, one is instantly perceived as "uncool" when he/she speaks English with a, say, Jackie-Chen accent (unless, of course, you know Kungfu and literally kick ass). And the only way for you to appear "cool enough to hang with" to those crowds is if you play precisely into the stereotypes and act like a clown for their amusement.

Many stereotypes are statistically true. I honestly don't think ignorant people have the mental capacity to fabricate such elaborate collections of cultural/ethnic traits out of thin air (sure, Hollywood helped a little, but the idea has to come from somewhere). Some people spend their entire life fighting against prejudices and striving to defy stereotypes, while many of "their own people" go around the world reinforcing prejudices by fitting the stereotypes to the t.

What are you supposed to do when you're born into a losing team where your teammates keep sabotaging the score?

Getting a bit off topic... my apologies. A much more interesting discussion though. :D

I also take it for granted that Nelz2015 is not the burqa type of a girl. My example just served to show that its not ethnicity or race, its the actual behavior of the specific person.
Generally speaking, from my experience, as long as foreigners in Europe and the USA basically act as one of the rest, go to parties, socialize, have fun, there is no reason why these people cannot date/befriend the locals. But very often foreigners just hang with people of their own culture & language and makes it very difficult. Because, lets face it, no matter how b-schools try to sell the ideas of liberalism, multi-culturalism, diversity...at the end of the day, people like to stick with people with whom they can relate, with people that share similar views. Yes, people in b-schools are smart and open-minded and they will be very polite and welcoming, but I find it difficult to imagine that they will really get close with someone who exhibits very unfamiliar behavior and adheres to totally different culture.
Bottom line and I conclude this topic: From what I have seen, ethnicity, race, religion does not matter. It matters how you act in your new environment and how you personally and individually fit there