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My classmates are full of energy and always ready to help.

The UCONN campus is very diverse. You see people from many different backgrounds and it is amazing how they all interact with one another without any judgement. Unlike high school, there is not a lot of cliques or judgement being forced on the students so people tend to be more laid back and open minded.

I haven't started school yet, I am starting in January.

My classmates are different than the people from my town, but they expose me to different cultures and helped me grow as a person.

Since UConn houses over 20,000 students, you can easily find classmates that you are comfortable socializing with. Whether you are the nerd or the jock, there is someone for everyone on campus. Since I am majoring in bio-medical engineering, my curriculum is particularly challenging so I spend the majority of my week studying. However, on weekends, I can always find someone in the gym wanting to shoot baskets with me. While there are numerous Connecituct students due to reduced tuition, there is added diversity from international students as well. UConn is a great place to go to school.

Everyone mostly keeps to themselves in my school. The school is probably big enough to cross paths with a student and never see them again over your academic career, and also never even meet someone even once. Everyone is very friendly; it's like a small town!

In lower level courses there were some who were completely uninterested in the topic and would not pay attention, however as classes became more advanced the students in the course were talkative and interested in the course topic, interesting, and helpful many times.

UConn is huge and thus it is very diverse in every sense of the word. Racially it is diverse and there are multiple cultural centers for racial minorities. There are religious centers for all major religions on campus. There is a rainbow center for LGBT students. Socio-economically it's also diverse; you have students from Bridgeport on full scholarships and preppies from Greenwich. I really don't think anyone would feel out of place at UConn, its just a matter of finding the group within the school they'd feel comfortable. UConn is generally cold and very casual. There's a range of fashion styles but generally it's all casual, whether for you that means sperry boatshoes and khakis or ripped up jeans and a disgusting oversized hoodie. Different types of students don't really interact much on campus. Everyone has groups that they belong to as a part of their identity. Most of the students are from UConn and are middle class students. It's a challenging school to get into academically speaking so going to UConn isn't a joke, but there are also obviously far more prestigious schools. Therefore, I'd say its mostly middle class. Most students are not politically aware or active but they are predominantly left, just like the state of Connecticut.

My classmates are sometimes quiet in class, boisterous outside of class, are anxious to get things done most of the time, and my classmates are usually helpful when studying together.

My classmates were amazing people that had not problem helping or studying with each other and all worked so that we could all do well.