Gregory
While the majority of the student body congregate into groups and organizations, each individual is different and brings qualities to the school that others do not know about or understand. There is literally a student for each socio-economic class, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and religion. You will never find yourself alone and often you will find a friend who is very different from yourself. In my experience, I have never seen any type of student feel left out.
Layni
There is such a wide variety of students at FSU. No one doesn't "fit in" somewhere. Greek Life is large here, allowing a large amount of students to be able to participate and make connections. There are plenty of co-ed fraternities ranging from latin to business in which students can get involved. There are a handful of churches in which students are involved in as well. So many different ways to get involved, and that's how I would describe the students at Florida State: Involved. With so many opportunities around them, no one like to sit around and do nothing. The beautiful thing about the students of FSU is their diversity. People dress in every sort of fashion imaginable. Students come from all diferent kinds of backgrounds, and from all over the world(I have a friend who came from West Virginia, and one of the star swimming athletes is from Australia). There is room for every kind of person at Florida State. All of the opportunities to get involved that I mentioned before allow for inter-group interaction. Multiple different groups interact with each other for different purposes whether is be Dance Marathon (the largest student run philanthropy on campus), Light the Night, or other school wide events. I'd say that the student body is evenly spaced in political ideology, and that all of the organizations on campus have good participation and involvement (though Greek Life is generally larger than the normal campus organizations). We have students of every different color, learning every different major, with every different kind of views and ideologies. People are involved and can join interest groups that they themselves are interested. It's their involvement in so many activities and organizations that causes them to be so well-rounded, and part of being well-rounded is being accepting of all kinds of people, therefore, no one should ever feel out of place, or like they don't belong. And if they do, all you have to do is get involved. If you can't beat them, join them, right?
Sandra
Florida State University welcomes everyone. When I first got here, I couldn't believe this was true. It seemed like there were so many cliques, between the Greeks, the LGBT community, the religious campus ministries, and the random, smaller groups all over campus. It wasn't until I became involved in a very diverse gathering of groups that I realized that everyone really is welcome. Personally, a typical day can include volunteering at the Pride Student Union as a straight ally, then go to my writing classes (where people from all majors flock to), I can hang out in the Student Union with my friends from Humans vs. Zombies, grab dinner at my church, and then top it all off with a sorority meeting. I have never seen someone put down for their organization. Rather, I always notice people wanting to understand more about a program they are not involved in. I can't imagine anyone feeling out of place at FSU.
Benjamin
The demographic of this school is pretty spread and even. The majority I would say is white, Christian kids from florida, but we do have a strong minority base as well. Also the LGBT community is very strong and active. Since are school is so large, you can pretty much be any type of person, and find people who are just like you. It's nice to be able to have people with your similar interests and style. Overall, everyone's pretty nice and has a solid respect for their fellow student. People are very school spirited here, so just the fact that you are studying at this school gives you automatic respect and recognition from most people. There are many students that are politically active here (we are located in the capital), every once in a while we'll get some type of political protest on Landis and that's always fun, it never gets too heated. The divide between left and right I believe is quite even. There are of course many liberals because it is a college town, though there is a large number of conservatives as well because we are technically in the south. But the divide is actually pretty even and quite nice, no one side over-powers the other. Like me, many students aren't really sure what they want to do in the future, but luckily we have this great thing called the "Career Center" where there is a number of people willing to help you with anything from making a resume, to just talking about your passion, and the best part about it is that it's all free. It's nice to know that the administration here cares and is willing to help.
Benjamin
The demographic of this school is pretty spread and even. The majority I would say is white, Christian kids from florida, but we do have a strong minority base as well. Also the LGBT community is very strong and active. Since are school is so large, you can pretty much be any type of person, and find people who are just like you. It's nice to be able to have people with your similar interests and style. Overall, everyone's pretty nice and has a solid respect for their fellow student. People are very school spirited here, so just the fact that you are studying at this school gives you automatic respect and recognition from most people. There are many students that are politically active here (we are located in the capital), every once in a while we'll get some type of political protest on Landis and that's always fun, it never gets too heated. The divide between left and right I believe is quite even. There are of course many liberals because it is a college town, though there is a large number of conservatives as well because we are technically in the south. But the divide is actually pretty even and quite nice, no one side over-powers the other. Like me, many students aren't really sure what they want to do in the future, but luckily we have this great thing called the "Career Center" where there is a number of people willing to help you with anything from making a resume, to just talking about your passion, and the best part about it is that it's all free. It's nice to know that the administration here cares and is willing to help.
Benjamin
The demographic of this school is pretty spread and even. The majority I would say is white, Christian kids from florida, but we do have a strong minority base as well. Also the LGBT community is very strong and active. Since are school is so large, you can pretty much be any type of person, and find people who are just like you. It's nice to be able to have people with your similar interests and style. Overall, everyone's pretty nice and has a solid respect for their fellow student. People are very school spirited here, so just the fact that you are studying at this school gives you automatic respect and recognition from most people. There are many students that are politically active here (we are located in the capital), every once in a while we'll get some type of political protest on Landis and that's always fun, it never gets too heated. The divide between left and right I believe is quite even. There are of course many liberals because it is a college town, though there is a large number of conservatives as well because we are technically in the south. But the divide is actually pretty even and quite nice, no one side over-powers the other. Like me, many students aren't really sure what they want to do in the future, but luckily we have this great thing called the "Career Center" where there is a number of people willing to help you with anything from making a resume, to just talking about your passion, and the best part about it is that it's all free. It's nice to know that the administration here cares and is willing to help.
Benjamin
The demographic of this school is pretty spread and even. The majority I would say is white, Christian kids from florida, but we do have a strong minority base as well. Also the LGBT community is very strong and active. Since are school is so large, you can pretty much be any type of person, and find people who are just like you. It's nice to be able to have people with your similar interests and style. Overall, everyone's pretty nice and has a solid respect for their fellow student. People are very school spirited here, so just the fact that you are studying at this school gives you automatic respect and recognition from most people. There are many students that are politically active here (we are located in the capital), every once in a while we'll get some type of political protest on Landis and that's always fun, it never gets too heated. The divide between left and right I believe is quite even. There are of course many liberals because it is a college town, though there is a large number of conservatives as well because we are technically in the south. But the divide is actually pretty even and quite nice, no one side over-powers the other. Like me, many students aren't really sure what they want to do in the future, but luckily we have this great thing called the "Career Center" where there is a number of people willing to help you with anything from making a resume, to just talking about your passion, and the best part about it is that it's all free. It's nice to know that the administration here cares and is willing to help.
Sarah
Seminole students come from every background imaginable and everybody can find their niche once they get here. There are religious organizations, Black, Hispanic and other student unions, clubs that fit any and every major, and ways to meet people in your own major. There are students that wear gym clothes to class even if they're not working out, girls that dress with the latest fashions, and guys that wear skater or preppy clothes. I can never pick out which students are financially stable or unstable unless they are blatantly telling the world. Most students are from in state, however, I have tons of friends from different states that have gotten involved in many student and greek run organizations to make their friends. There are political parties that run student government and can intellectually debate current issues as well in clubs or other groups.
Benjamin
The demographic of this school is pretty spread and even. The majority I would say is white, Christian kids from florida, but we do have a strong minority base as well. Also the LGBT community is very strong and active. Since are school is so large, you can pretty much be any type of person, and find people who are just like you. It's nice to be able to have people with your similar interests and style. Overall, everyone's pretty nice and has a solid respect for their fellow student. People are very school spirited here, so just the fact that you are studying at this school gives you automatic respect and recognition from most people. There are many students that are politically active here (we are located in the capital), every once in a while we'll get some type of political protest on Landis and that's always fun, it never gets too heated. The divide between left and right I believe is quite even. There are of course many liberals because it is a college town, though there is a large number of conservatives as well because we are technically in the south. But the divide is actually pretty even and quite nice, no one side over-powers the other. Like me, many students aren't really sure what they want to do in the future, but luckily we have this great thing called the "Career Center" where there is a number of people willing to help you with anything from making a resume, to just talking about your passion, and the best part about it is that it's all free. It's nice to know that the administration here cares and is willing to help.
Benjamin
The demographic of this school is pretty spread and even. The majority I would say is white, Christian kids from florida, but we do have a strong minority base as well. Also the LGBT community is very strong and active. Since are school is so large, you can pretty much be any type of person, and find people who are just like you. It's nice to be able to have people with your similar interests and style. Overall, everyone's pretty nice and has a solid respect for their fellow student. People are very school spirited here, so just the fact that you are studying at this school gives you automatic respect and recognition from most people. There are many students that are politically active here (we are located in the capital), every once in a while we'll get some type of political protest on Landis and that's always fun, it never gets too heated. The divide between left and right I believe is quite even. There are of course many liberals because it is a college town, though there is a large number of conservatives as well because we are technically in the south. But the divide is actually pretty even and quite nice, no one side over-powers the other. Like me, many students aren't really sure what they want to do in the future, but luckily we have this great thing called the "Career Center" where there is a number of people willing to help you with anything from making a resume, to just talking about your passion, and the best part about it is that it's all free. It's nice to know that the administration here cares and is willing to help.