Marquette University Top Questions

My classmates are very unique and everyone is different but we all have one common goal, to better ourselves through education and experience.

My classmates at Marquette University are intelligent, competitive, studious, pessimistic and optimistic, confused, some lost in choices to choose between a bright destiny or to a dark barbed wired path, and on the weekends partying like rock stars.

My classmates have the same passion for learning that I do both in the classroom and out.

In terms of diversity, the Marquette community is very embracing of racial and religious diversity and of LGBT students. When it's advocated by school officials, this can often bring up questions of whether the University is keeping in line with Catholic social teaching, and when that happens it is definitely talked about quite a bit even when nothing really comes of it. Socio-economic diversity is discussed in some classes, but it never really came up in conversation with any of my friends while I was there.

Marquette breeds good people. Passionate people. Yes, Marquette can be segregated but there are plenty of opportunities to get out of your comfort zone. Want to meet international students? Host one or just hang out on the global student floor in Campus Town! Join the Gospel Choir, go on a MAP trip or a retreat. The opportunities are endless. And if you push yourself out of your comfort zone, you'll meet the most interesting people that help you grow and mature.

We don't have a very racially diverse campus, but I would not by any means say that our campus isn't diverse. We have people from a range of backgrounds and belief systems populating our student body and I am always being introduced to new perspectives and experiences. We do have a variety of religious and socio-economic groups on campus and representation for the LGBT community. The campus as a whole focuses on creating a welcoming and accepting environment in. I would say I learn just as much from my peers as I do from faculty on campus. Students of all types interact through class room and extracurricular experiences. We have both the left-leaning and conservative crowds on campus, with the majority probably being somewhere in the middle. Its refreshing that a lot of students I've encountered aren't so much concerned with how much they'll make in monetary means one day but more so with finding a fulfililng career. A lot of my friends graduate and go into post-grad volunteer positions before entering grad school or the intense career world. I would say we have a politically active campus, although I'm biased because I'm a political science major. Its very evident in my discussions with other students (in and outside of political science classes) that people have specific issues that they are passionate about.

Very few are nice and welcoming. Most are uneasy to talk to and have their own groups already.

Marquette classmates were a diverse group, mostly midwesterners, who were interested in the biological sciences and the principles, theories, and techniques associated with it.

My classmates at Marquette University are motivated, interested, contemplative and determined, while, at the same time, are also fun and inquisitive - always ready to discover, invent, or learn something new.

Like me.