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It's mostly white, but you don't feel out of place here if you aren't white. Minority population is rising here and everyone pretty much goes to football and parties on the weekends together. It's a big Greek school. Athens GA is warm nearly all year long and when it's hot it's humid here. Shorts and flip flops aren't uncommon during fall, spring, and summer. Most people come from medium to high income families here. A lot of people are from Georgia but a surprising number of people are from out of state as well.

I think our student body is very diverse. There are a lot of Christian groups on campus, but most of them do not judge other groups like LBGT or other religious gatherings. I think most students here are eager to learn about people different from them. The majority of students are from Georgia, which decreases geographical diversity.

The type of student you meet depends on the student. Sometimes, they are very conservative and other times they are very liberal. You decide who you want to hangout with at UGA and can easily decide to hang with a more diverse group of people. However, the majority of students are white upper-middle class. One student in an English class was complaining how they received the older BMW rather than the brand new one. A lot of students don't have to worry about money because their mom and dad are providing everything for the most part. Most kids will probably be successful because their mom and dad have connections.

The only religious groups you see tend to be pretty radical, which kind of sucks. I wanted to join some kind of religious organization when I came here, but none of them really feel right. Racial groups are cool. I am in the Latina sorority on campus and there is a really great multicultural scene on campus. Brown parties are soooooo infinitely more fun than white parties. LGBT...not gonna lie, they annoy the crap out of me. They are always whining about something. Get over it...there will not be unisex bathrooms anytime soon. What kind of student would feel out of place at UGA? Haha...a non-white one. Just kidding. But seriously. I feel like there are a lot of black people here and a lot of Asians and Indians but not many Hispanics. I'd like to see more Hispanics here, but there just aren't that many who make it into UGA. I would say most students wear their sorority/fraternity's latest social T-shirt to class. Non-Greeks probably just wear jeans and a polo or a fitted top for girls. The really frat-tastic guys wear sunglasses with the strap backwards around their neck and that really pisses me off. They also wear SHORT pleated shorts and you can see their skinny white legs. Then they wear these retarded old-man boat shoes and a visor on their head. You can just tell they think they are already retired. Oh, and lately, with the warm weather, I've been seeing girls who wear bikini tops under their tank tops to class. Yes, to class. I'm sorry, but what were you smoking when you dressed yourself and decided that a bikini top was a good enough substitute for a bra? Me, well I work at Abercrombie in Kennesaw and get the whole fifty percent discount sooo...you do the math. Not that I advocate purchasing Abercrombie's overpriced K-Mart quality slave labor-produced stuff...but I take what I can get. Different types of students? That's kind of a weird question. Different as in...not the same race? Not the same gender? Not the same major? I mean, I guess they do interact, depends on what you mean by different. If there were only four tables in the dining hall, one would have black people eating fried chicken and mashed potatoes, one would have skinny girls and a gay guy (all in tight jeans) eating a vegan salad, one would have a loner studying for his O-chem test, mindlessly munching a croissant sandwich, and the fourth would have the social butterflies sitting with everyone they have ever met in their dorm, talking more than eating the chicken sandwich in front of them. Most UGA students come from Marietta. I know, because I am from Marietta and I know everyone at UGA. Or at least I know everyone at UGA through one person. If they didn't go to Walton, they went to Lassiter, Pope, Sprayberry, Wheeler, or Kennesaw Mountain. Yeah, there are some people from middle and south Georgia, but they have to take them to meet the quota. Let's face it, a lot of kids from Marietta don't get in that deserve to get in way more than those kids from Griffin or Cairo. Judging by the cars I see students driving on campus, I would say that most of them come from a middle-upper class family. And I have never seen so many pick up trucks in my life until I started going here. I don't think students are politically aware at all. A lot of girls like Hilary, but that's because they don't know she is a socialist and the devil in human form. I would say they are predominantly left, especially the minorities and homosexuals...and those annoying women's studies people. There are plenty of right-wing yuppies though, which is always nice. When I first read the last question, I thought it said "Do students talk about how much they'll learn one day?" And I was like...uhh...what do you think? But yeah, everyone always thinks they are gonna be the one who makes it. But in reality, all the girls will be stay-at-home moms who go to the gym all day while their kids are in school and all the guys will be their husbands who work in middle class America in a job that has NOTHING to do with their major.

The student body at UGA is growing more and more eclectic each year as the admissions office choses fewer in state students due to rising academic standards. I was always impressed with how many different points of view available during class discussions.

While most students at UGA do follow a certain look and stereotype, there is definitely a lot of variety! I don't think that anyone would feel out of place here; no matter who you are, where you come from, what you believe in or what your favorite hobby is, you are guaranteed to find someone who shares your interests. Being from out of state, I will say that it is a little rough freshman year if you get stuck in a group of people that feel it necessary to go home all the time. But if that happens to you, eventually people will grow up and realize that by going home so often, they're missing out on their one chance to be a liberated college student! The older you get, the less people visit home. And I'm not saying that everyone from the Atlanta area goes home every weekend, because that's definitely not the case, but it's just something to be aware of! I feel that sometimes social status and background are often judgements of character when first meeting someone. While there is a group of people for everyone, there are also groups of people that you definitely won't get along with - and that's ok! It all adds to the diverse atmosphere Athens offers.

I remember going from middle school to high school, and thinking high school would be different. There wouldn't be the cliques and separation that middle school had. It didn't. When I came to college, people really want to make new friends. I know some people who tried to stay just with their high school friends, but they really missed out. There are a lot of people! I made a lot of friends, but I began my most meaningful relationships my junior year at the university once I got into my college/program. Many UGA students are from Alpharetta. I would say most of the population is right.

UGA is predominatly white. Most students are middle class and from Georgus. This is largely a result of the HOPE scholarship. Most students wear jeans and t-shirts to class. There is a lot of greek pride on campus and many students try to "out-frat" one another by wearing lots of outdoorsy brands. Fashion is important, espcially to girls. Girls are either sratty or boho. This can run the gamet.

Jeans and t-shirts are the norm. Just casual dress, you can even wear workout clothes.

UGA has a lot of different students and student organizations to accompany them. Unfortunately, I don't know a whole lot about them. I have involved myself so much in the FRC that I fear I have missed out on many of the other opportunities that exist. I know that our students are fairly diverse and I use to have a lot of interaction with them. The FRC usually has a table in Snelling (one of the dinning halls). It's not something intentional, but a group will go together, then other FRCers join when they see someone they know. It isn't a deliberate attempt to isolate others, but we're like a big family and you tend to eat with your family and friends. I've also noticed that some of the religious groups on campus have thier own group of students in Snelling. Again, I'd just say that this is because people eat with their friends. It's actually very uncommon for strangers to eat together unless all of the tables are full. We like our personal space--unless we're good friends, then we'll put 7 at a 4 person table.