Jordan
Most FIU students are from the Miami area with some from other parts of Florida and even fewer from other parts of the country and world. But even with most people being from Miami it seems as if everyone at FIU has a different ethnic background. The student body is very diverse.
Kai
The student body is quite varied but I'm truly impressed with the amount of people involved even in the smallest thing, I love it, I think is specially good considering this is a commuter school.
Tate
The student body has about 38,000 students, and about 4,000 are the involved ones..
Ryan
The FIU student body is very diverse and consists mainly of local commuter students. The different cultures blend well, and I've never noticed any issues due to the diversity. Some students who have never encountered as much diversity might experience a culture shock when first coming to FIU, but its a positive experience.
vanessa
I have never experienced or seen anyone being disrespectful, especially not in any racist or homophobic fashion. Our university is right in the middle of a city that is so diverse that tolerance is part of our everyday life. Most of my friends are from different countries than me and some are gay and some are straight, but that has no effect on my friendships with them. I feel that most students at FIU are not scared or offended by people who are different from them. I think most of us welcome this.
Alex
The students are great ... we are so diverse and unique that you not only learn from the teachers, you learn from the students. the fact that we have 18year olds to 60year olds coming to class we also get networking and friendships that grow to more...corporate partners, life long friendships and partners and the best representation of the world. Students are real and thats whats so cool...there is no predominant anything...we are a sample size of the world
Tristan
Eeverything is good
Natasha
FIU is very diverse which is why I like it so much. It's very unusual for someone to feel out of place because there's all kinds of ethnicities. Students dress fairly decent on average. THere are more Indians, Blacks, and Latin students on campus.
Ash
no experiences with racial groups. its an international university so everyone has someone of similar background to mingle with
Bobby
What kind of student would feel out of place at FIU? No one. There are just about every race, religion and socio-economical background of students here.
What do most students wear to class? Just about whatever they feel comfortable in. There are some who wear shorts and flip flops, some wear suits and some who wear jeans and polos.
Do different types of students interact? Yes. Greek life is basis of it all.