Davidson College Top Questions

Racial- very hot topic. Diverse for being a WASP school, but the black students are very vocal about their hardships and want Davidson to become more open to conversation about race, if not more diverse overall. Religious- Davidson is a christian (Presbyterian) College, but I had no idea it was still affiliated with the church until I came here. They are very accepting of all religions. LGBT- active. Everyone except the stereotypical dumb jocks have gay or lesbian friends. Although they're accepted, I do still here bigoted gossip about gay interactions. Socio-economic- not very diverse in this area. If you're not rich, you work hard to earn your money to come here. But that's to be expected, and we're definitely not the most expensive liberal arts college. Now Davidson covers student debts! Students wear everything from sweats to pearls in class (sometimes both). It's a NCAA Division 1 school, so you have a mess of people from every "group." Different types of students interact more in the upper classmen range, but even then it can seem very clique-ish. Four tables of students in the cafeteria: Black people. Football players. Evangelical Christians. Hippies. The students are very politically aware and active. Lots of my friends were gone during Presidential primaries to work for campaigns.

The student body is fairly homogenous. Most are from upper middle class families, caucasian, a large portion from the south although there are also many from other states around the country. There is a good mix between liberal and conservative, but I think you will definitely find more conservative students than you would in other colleges around the country, especially colleges in the Northeast. Students who are extremely liberal would not fit well at Davidson. Students tend to mix very well and you will often see athletes and non-atheltes hanging out. There are distinct groups of students on campus that tend to stick with each other. The black students on campus always have their own table in the cafeteria and Student Union, but are generally welcoming to other students, although I have never felt comfortable approaching them.

The student body is primarily white and maybe a bit too republican for my taste. There isn't much diversity. The people who "go out" are all the same and love eating houses and fraternities while the people who don't "go out" are a bit more nerdy and like to study a lot. People who are liberal or enviornmentally concious/ not religious might feel out of place. As a northerner, it is sometimes weird being down in the south. This school is geared towards having people work in Charlotte in a banking job.

I am not going to lie, many students are white Christians from the Bible Belt, but we also have a huge international community. I have friends from India, Ghana, China, Switzerland, Bulgaria, and Ethiopia. For the most part everyone mixes pretty well, and there are no major cliques or exclusive social circles on campus.

Davidson is a predominantly white and wealthy campus; however, I don't think that anybody feels out of place or excluded. Because the campus is so small, the student population is very much like a family. Davidson is a southern school, but the student population comes from every region of the United States and many different countries as well. Politically speaking, the campus probably leans a little to the right, but is very moderate for the most part. It is also very concerned with conservation and is a very "green" campus.

A large majority of the campus is white, upper-middle class. I feel like the college strives to achieve a diverse campus, and succeeds, but falls short in many ways. It seems a lot of the time that the campus is racially divided and that the administration supports groups that only serve to divide the campus more. I do like that there is a large population of international students. It's great to walk around campus and hear other languages being spoken.

It is a small student body, but from what I have seen almost every one is able to find a niche they fit in. The stereotype is that we are all just a bunch of rich white kids from the South, but I think that is changing bit by bit. If you are willing to come in with an open mind, you won't have problems making friends here.

Very nice and diverse. No real stereotype for Davidson students, we have people of all kinds here!

It's a pretty homogeneous campus for the most part, and there are times I feel like I've stepped into a living J.Crew catalog. You'll find a lot of wealthy white private-school kids here, but diversity is improving and it's something the administration seems to take very seriously. Students also work very hard and are very career-oriented.

Davidson is geographically diverse but lacking in racial diversity. Although the college has made great strides in recent years to increase diveristy, it is still a large majority white. Although there are more Southerners here than anything else, they are NOT a majority. People can be found from every part of the US and the world. Preppy is the watchword for most of the students. Most students dress nicely for class, and JCrew and Polo are brands of choice.