Connecticut College Top Questions

rule by few who either try really hard and get no where, or dont care and just want to have something on their resume for leadership. There is a great deal of disinterest if there is no alcohol involved.

There are not enough minorities on campus, and there is a divide between the white majority and the minority groups. Everyone is accepting and tolerant, but some people have trouble being friends with people who are different from them. Most students wear a sweatshirt, jeans, and flip flops to class. You tell people where you are from based on how far it is from outside Boston. Students are definately polically aware, almost everyone is liberal, but the College Republicans are very active on campus.

The student body is a great assortment of different ethnicities, sexual orientations, and interests, although some of these assortments don't always mix. There can be a lot of arguments on campus, such as feminist groups finding offense in some ideas or activities. There's a lot of stubbornness. Most students are from the New England area, although I have friends from Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Most students are liberal Democrats, although there are some Republicans on campus too.

Most Conn students are from New England, but there are a lot of representation from other places as well and students will hang out with different groups. However, minority students tend to spend most of their time with other minority students. Yet, there are many exceptions to this rule.

People here are really fun and friendly. They're good students during the week, but when thursday rolls around, everyone's out and about having a good time. there are SAC sponcered events almost every weekend. Lots of clubs have events during the week too. I'm hardley ever bored here and never lonely. a lot of people are from within 4 hours, but we also have a lot of west-coasters and international students.

There is an interesting range of students here at Conn. A good percentage of the students are from "just outside Boston" (which turned into a great joke) and are predominantly upper-middle class and white. Conn offers a pre-orientation program for International and African American students, so these students tend to create their groups of friends before the rest of the freshmen arrive and there is not a lot of mixing. However, there also seems to be a large percentage of LGBTQ students, and the LGBTQ center is active and offers campus-wide events several times a year, like a Coming Out Ball, where people can "come out" as either gay or straight. The students are predominantly left, but it is really only a small group of students that are politically active. In fact, I often feel like the students are apathetic. I have gone to see a couple of speakers this year and only one or two students have shown up. Even sporting events are not well-attended.

This is a predominatly white school however they administation is actively and effectively working on making the school more diverse. There are many many different types of people here and a club for everyone. If there is something that you want, you can create it. Someone who needs to be in a city would not like it here. Students have a variety of different styles of clothing. I interact will all different types of people but everyone is not like that. Most conn students are from "just outside of boston". The majoriry of students are from wealthy families. Students are environmentally and politically active and most peoplpe have something they are passionate about. Most people are liberal. A lot of students do talk about what they learn in class.

Connecticut College's student body has a few distinct subcultures within it. For starters, there are the Indie music kids, whose primary social interaction is endless discourse about the latest album by the latest obscure band. A lot of these kids are members of MOBROC (Musicians Organized for Band Rights On Campus, a name chosen solely for the acronym it creates) and/or have their own radio show on the campus radio station, WCNI. Secondly, there are the jocks -- proof that we do, indeed, have sports teams. Conn's sailing team is very good, and the most popular sports to watch are Soccer, Hockey, Basketball, and Lacrosse. I'm the co-chair of Connecticut College Queer and Questioning (CQ2) and a member of Spectrum, our group for queer students as well as straight allies, and through these groups I've been behind our efforts to raise campus awareness about issues facing the LGBTQ community. Some of our initiatives have included petitioning SGA and the college administration for gender-neutral housing to benefit students who, for whatever reason, would feel uncomfortable rooming with a member of their biological gender. The administration has been very responsive to the arguments we put forth, and if all goes well, students should be able to apply for gender-neutral housing in the near future. Creating a community that's accepting of LGBTQ students has been a major priority for me. The student body here has been especially open to these efforts, and Spectrum has at least as many straight members as it does queer members, if not more. The overwhelming majority of Conn students are liberal, but regardless of political leaning, people here are really open-minded.

Very accepting, very liberal students. Mostly just white upper-class though i would like to see some more diversity. Students can be active, some are not.. it depends who you hang out with.

The student body is open to everybody and I have never seen any example of prejudice. I think most people would find it easy to fit in here. People here come from all over the country and even from other countries, and the diversity is continuing to increase.