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-happy, healthy student body -mostly white, but welcoming to all people. the student body as a whole likes to party and have fun, at the same time maintain solid grades -students from all over the country and world -large greek population -handful of spoiled, but not entirely snobby, rich kids

most people have money. a lot of money. if you are really poor, you will more than likely feel out of place.

There are few minorities on campus. The students are mostly white, christians. But no one is unwelcome. There are lots of clubs and organizations for the people who are minorities that want to feel a part of that. I do not find that politics are discussed but people are aware of what is going on and do care about it, but never enough to argue.

The Methodist in our schools name is non-existant. Might as well call us Southern Millionaires University. If you are an introverted slob with no character do not come here. Girls in the winter wear high-heel boots with burberry jackets and scarfs, guys wear northface jackets and kahkis or jeans. In the summer or spring girls where sundresses and sandals or high heels, guys were kahki or plaid shorts with a collar shirt. Yes, for the most part. The tables are frat and sorrority girls, Arabs, athletes, and introverts. Most of our students are from California, Florida, Conneticut, and Texas (In that order). Wealthy backgrounds. Yes, I like to think we are. Center. No, we all just know we will be wealthy like our parents, we are not too worried about our future financial status.

if you're not rich, you may not fit in here. it's generally pretty diverse as far as race and religion goes. the students are generally conservative for the most part but the professors are mostly liberal.

Yes, SMU is something like 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} white, but the people within this group vary DRASTICALLY. From stereotype to anti-stereotype- I think there's a little of everyone. Many of my freshman friends have applied to transfer/are planning to/wish they were. Honestly, I don't get this. Sure, SMU won't fit everyone, but its all about finding that cliche niche. Join organizations to make real friends. Trust me, you won't make many friends from your classes- they're just to big and everyone is waiting to get out for the day. SMU IS CONSERVATIVE!!!!! But liberals do exist, along with moderates. But liberals beware- you will be challenged, or you will want to challenge. (This isn't a bad thing... for liberals).

a lot more mixed than you think. though eventually everyone dresses similarly, they do not have the same personalities. Greeks stick with greeks for the most part (but most students are greek anyway).

I can not speak for majority of the student body, but as far as the African American community, we are a family.

In my experience, while there is some homophobia and racism or pseudo-racism (they'll say the n-word and talk about stereotypes, but don't really mean anything about it) out of the conservatism, most people really don't care. You won't come across any minority-bashing as you walk around campus-that's more of a high school thing and a waste of time. There is a kid that walks around with one of those hemp hoodies with no shoes on; that is atypical of my school. If you didn't wear one collared shirt from Monday-Friday, consider this might not be the place for you. College is pretty accepting, people don't care much about popularity anymore, and there is a group for everybody, but the majority are girls and guys that like to stay classy.

Students are not very excepting, and very judging. If it were not for SMU's prestigous history and wonderful curriculum I would not be going there.