Oregon State University Top Questions

I feel that Oregon State University provides their students with the oppertunity to learn not only from their professors, but also from their classmates; everyone comes from a different background or ethnic group.

There is a huge variety of students on campus. Different races, orientations, majors, and groups. People aren't here to judge others. There are many clubs and organizations that you can participate in that related to your major and interests. A pride center is a good place to get involved also in the LGBT community. Groups of students are made of different types of people. Oregon State provides opportunities for International students to study in the USA. The majority of students are in-state residents. Students wear typical clothes to class: jeans, sweatshirts, sweats, etc. People can really be comfortable and be themselves at this campus.

Most of the students that attent Oregon State are from Oregon. Recently though there has been an influx of students from Washington, as well as California. Oregon State has a very diverse student population, and with the new INTO building we are starting to see our oversees student population grow. Most students interact with other students in their given majors. If you don't like the rain, don't look at Oregon State. But if you like having the ocean close, and the mountains even closer this is the place for you. Many students enjoy outdoor activities, as well as experiencing all four seasons in full. Oregon State students I would say are mostly conservative due to their family backgrounds.

Oregon State University has a diverse campus, despite being located in a small Oregon town. The administration successfully integrated the campus, making it feel like a small metropolitan city instead of mainly one race. Most students wear work-out clothes to class, but I believe in dressing nicely. The professors wear nice clothes, so why don't we? The financial backgrounds of students is not apparent, making most people feel equal. The Asian students tend to stick with each other, but that is not a generalization. There is a dorm called the International Dorm, so of course there will be more international students there, but it's not limited to just them. The politics of OSU are leaning more to the right, but it's Oregon. The campus is almost evenly split between the two political parties. Oregon State has a diverse campus, but that's exactly how a college should be.

Funny you should ask...the students at our school generally all look the same. I guess that's the one thing that really frustrates me about our school. On a normal morning while on my way to class, it is very uncommon that I will see a student not in their pajamas. A messy bun, a sweatshirt equipped with sorority letters (maybe a Northface jacket if they're feeling a little gutsy), leggings, and Ugg boots. Every girl on campus is outfitted in this exact arrangement of clothes each day. The guys on campus? What do they wear you say? Oh, it's a little more interesting...but not much...bed head and/or "baller hat," a hoodie, basketball shorts or sweatpants and the Nike Freestyles, in various colors. It's things like this about the school that I wish I could change. It seems that students at Oregon State University have lost sight of individualism and self expression. Trust me, I'm not one of those people who is just trying to be different and butt heads with the mainstream, but I take pride in appearing professional, or put together in some way. I feel like everyone should. It's almost like the new thing in college is to see who can look like they woke up most recently.

From my experience, the school is welcoming to and accepting of all types of people whose core interest is learning. Few people seem to ever talk about backgrounds. The predominant feeling that people are at OSU to learn and to get a degree and to see what college life is really like. Few people pay much heed to the outfits of others, as they will range from sweats for someone en route to the gym, ties and slacks for Graduate students, and, more often than anything else, jeans and tee-shirts on everyone else. People tend to stay within their major clicks, or friends from dorms, classes, or made in previous years. It's highly unlikely that anyone could go to Oregon State and not make a single friend during that time. Divisive issues are generally left unspoken of, so, again, the uniting factor is that everyone is either a student or professor.

My classmates at OSU are indesribable, they are outgoing, funny, nice, charasmatic and genuinly caring people.

My classmates are good, bad, annoying, friendly, and everything in between; there is a group of friends that has always been waiting for you.

My classmates vary in ethnicity, socio- economic class, religious views, and political views. However, almost everyone is friendly and helpful.