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Most Conn students are from "just outside of Boston"-watch out, Yankee fans! However, I have also met people from very diverse areas, such as Peru, Ghana, and Vietnam. Different types of students sometimes interact-I have several friends from other races.

Although there is a lack of racial, religious, socio-economic, and sexuality-based diversity on campus, it seems like there is mutual respect among everybody. I have not seen any blatantly racist actions or heard any tasteless racist jokes. I have seen prejudice against the LGBT community, though, and I think that is something that is a problem. There just seems to be so much misunderstanding surrounding the issue of sexuality. In general, there are cliques that form on campus. There foreign-exchange students sit together at the dining hall, while the athletic teams each occupy their own table. There are also the ALANA students who sit together. Campus is politically left, definitely.

Conn's student body needs a lot of work. There is not a lot of diversity in terms of race or class on this campus. There are predominately white females and white males on this campus who come from a high socioeconomic class. There is a LGBT center and women's center that has opened in the past two years which helps to promote a more welcoming environment. Most Conn students are very liberal in thought, but there is a republican group on campus. Most students are from the New England area (especially Mass.) and California.

The minorities sit on the left side of the main cafeteria. The white kids sit in the middle. And the jocks sit on the left side. Proud to say I sit on the left side most of the time. Don't care about "differences."

I feel there is a great soci-economic divide on campus. And maybe being on the underprivileged end of it, i notice it more. Everyone is for the most part divided racially as well, and economically. There are the few that break out of the unhealthy clicks and get to know people that are outside their own comfort zone.

We have every type of student at Conn.

conn students appear to be wealthy and put together for the most part, dress nicely for class (can get away with wearing sweats or lounge clothes though), dining hall divided into more athletic groups and artsy groups, mix of conservatives and liberals, not many minorities

Connecticut College is by and large almost all White. Recently more minorities have been accepted and slowly the school is diversifying. The school really tries to play up it's diversity to the point where it is lying about itself however. There are a lot of LGBT students and they are well accepted from what I have seen. Most students have a lot of money so when a student doesn't they can be left out of activities (which frequently involve spending money) and often friends form between students of similar monetary stature. Students interact with who they want to interact with and if anyone wants to become friends with another group of people they probably won't have much of a problem with it. There are clicks, but what school doesn't? Connecticut College students seem fairly politically aware and there are both democratic and republican groups on campus. Many students focus on career goals and want to make money one day (a lot do have ridiculous student loans to pay off so they need too).

Everybody is very friendly. Most of the students are from the Boston Massachusetts area but the rest are really from all over the country and some from around the world. Students are for the most part politically aware and they are predominantly left.

The student body is pretty homogenous, but I love the friends that I have. You just have to find people with similar interests as you.