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As soon as I got to campus, I joined PRISM and the UMW Dems. I loved it. Really, no student would feel left out from the rest of the students, because there are tons of different clubs and things to do with people. Different types of students do interact, but they generally stay in their own groups.

The student body is a good split of southern conservatives from the old Virginia as well as forward-thinking liberals from all over the country. Students for a Democratic Society is a newly active organization on campus, organizing an alternative represenation to Student Government. There is a multi-cultural fair each spring, but UMW showcases diversity daily, despite the stereotype of a white, female-dominated campus. Although females are in the majority, this campus' ratio of girls to guys is not unlike other public schools across the nation. There are no big sororities or fraternitites and no football games, so students look to other clubs and activities to occupy their time. There are a number of intermural and club sports teams which students also belong to.

Most of the students are white, so other students might feel out of place at this university. Also, 1/3 of the students come from Northern Virginia, and another 1/3 come from the rest of Virginia. The rest of the students come from various states, with Maryland and Northeastern states being popular. Most of the students are from middle-class backgrounds. Like any other college, there are many liberal students, but there are some conservatives and many other moderates as well. People do seem to have thier own cliques of friends, but you can certainly make friends with a lot of other people. The student body as a whole is very nice. A lot of students give up their time to do community service activities.

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the students that would feel out of place at mary washington include goth types, sci/fi nerds, and those who take Hollister/Abercrombie to the extreme. Be prepared to be judged. Students wear pretty nice clothes to class, but on rainy days it's definitely sweats and rainboots. The students are from Northern Virginia and New Englands - thus J.Crew and Ralph Lauren all the way. Financial backgrounds - parents usually rather well off and don't mind giving thier kid tvs, cars, and cash.

I think that diversity on our campus has been a big problem for some time. The major issue with diversity has been mostly due to a stagnant Board of Visitors. It is only until more recently that they have been confronting the issue of diversity more seriously. Most people are pretty well off at UMW. However, it is a relatively affordable college, so you can find diversity there. I would say the majority of the campus is left-wing. However, the atmosphere can make it seem otherwise. You have a lot of people who pretend they don't care either way, although they obviously do. You can find all sorts of people with interesting perspectives on life.

UMW is a predominately "white, middle class, christian" school. There are minorities on campus, and most of them are all friends. I personally know many asians on campus. Most students are from Northern Virginia, NOVA. Practically EVERYONE.

most students are mid-upper white people that wear popped collars and flip-flops to class, there are a lot of cliques as well, sometimes it reminds me of high school (in a negative way) most students are apathetic and lazy and only a few are politically active (other than gay rights)

UMW is not a racial diverse student body. Minorities make up between 5-10 of the student population. The student body is also about 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} female which in some settings becomes extremely recognizable. However, in all other aspects the student body is pretty heterozygous. There are all different religous, socioeconomic, and political backgrounds on campus. Everyone can find someone to click with.

i think that umw has so many different groups of people that nobody would feel left out. seriously there as sooooooooooo many different peopkle. there is def a place for everyone. to class it does nto matter what u wear some day i feel like getting all cute and other days i wear what i rolled out of bed in( haha).