Elon University Top Questions

The social life because it's all white kids and greek life

Meal plans are too expensive...however, that's more of an issue with Aramark (the company that runs the dining halls) than with Elon.

Elon has a major lack of diversity. They try to play down the obvious drought by publicizing their Multicultural Office, but all it takes is one glance around campus to see what's missing. It wouldn't be so bad if Elon wasn't so eager to embrace diversity. Because of my last name alone, I was called several times during my freshman year from the Multicultural Office to "meet others," as if ethnicity was some secret society.

The overwhelming presence of greek life.

There is a lack of diversity in all areas-- economically, politically, religiously, racially, etc.--everyone that goes here is pretty much the same person.

It's small--everyone knows everyone, or at least knows OF everyone

The worst thing about Elon is the stereotypes that some of the students face. Other schools tend to think of us as the "country club" or campuses when that is just no true. Yes, there is a large popualtion of students that dress well each day, but just because most students chose not to wear sweatpants to class doesn't mean that they aren't down to Earth, funny, or interesting.

I hate the fact that the term "campus security" really means "drinking police."

The worst thing about our school would have to be the staunch liberal agenda being pushed on everyone. I myself don't believe I am grouped as either liberal or republican, but the kids here just seem to be almost brainwashed into thinking that anything liberal is good. They don't even know half of Obama's platforms but yet they're all in a tizzy about this guy because of the propoganda here. I really think a lecture or a presentation on political individualism would do this school a whole hell of a lot of good.

The lack of diversity, because being exposed to people of different cultures over the summer taught me a lot but when I came back to school it was like a wall of white rich people.