University of Puget Sound Top Questions

My classmates at Puget Sound are active and involved members of the community at the university and in the city, they are enthusiastic and hard-working, and bring new ideas to the table.

My classmates are hardworking, and very encouraging, throughout the process of attending classes.

My typical classmates at Puget Sound consist of interested, genuine, quiet and intelligent individuals who are eager to play a meaningful, fulfilling role in society.

Starting answering!The University of Puget Sound is such a warm and inclusive community; I feel welcome and involved from the minute I step on campus. I was a transfer student and was afraid that I would find transitioning to a new social environment to be difficult, but I was immediately welcomed and accepted here. The students here are from all walks of life and brings with them a different set of experiences that adds to the wonderful environment here on campus. A great majority my classmates are from California, Washington, Oregon, Colorado and Minnesota, but are welcoming of students from any state or country. The campus community accepts and respects people from every different background. While there are certainly different social groups, everyone is kind and courteous for the most part. At this University we seem to be most concerned with exploring the things we are passionate about and sharing those passions with our peers.

Puget Sound could be more diverse in terms of race or socio-economic background, but diversity is found in other areas. We have a reputation as being very accepting to the LGBT community. I have experienced a fairly liberal or progressive slant among students, so more conservative students may feel a bit uncomfortable. That being said, students are respectful and open-minded here. Some states are heavily represented, such as Oregon, California, Hawaii, Colorado, and Minnesota, although students come from all over the country, and only about a fifth of students are from Washington itself. While there may be some degree of a cliquish vibe, the overall friendliness and inclusiveness of students remedies this problem. In mine and others' experiences, students tend to have multiple niches on campus, knowing a variety of people from class/majors, extracurricular activities, and residence halls.

The students at UPS may not be especially diverse in their ethnic backgrounds, but their diversity on a more personal level knows no bounds; their interests range from environmentalism to playing the ukulele to Madden NFL enthusiasts.

Students are Puget Sound are accepting, aware, and academically-driven. Students do not dress up to go to class usually, jeans and sweaters or jackets are the norm to wear to class. Because of the weather (frequent rain) rainboots and boots in general are popular. About 3/4 of the students are from out of state, which makes for a wide range of students coming from mostly California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, and Minnesota but pretty much all over the country as well. Students are generally liberal but engage with students from any kind of political background, and this also goes for different religion, race, socio-economic class, and sexual orientation.

Students are Puget Sound are accepting, aware, and academically-driven. Students do not dress up to go to class usually, jeans and sweaters or jackets are the norm to wear to class. Because of the weather (frequent rain) rainboots and boots in general are popular. About 3/4 of the students are from out of state, which makes for a wide range of students coming from mostly California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, and Minnesota but pretty much all over the country as well. Students are generally liberal but engage with students from any kind of political background, and this also goes for different religion, race, socio-economic class, and sexual orientation.

Students are Puget Sound are accepting, aware, and academically-driven. Students do not dress up to go to class usually, jeans and sweaters or jackets are the norm to wear to class. Because of the weather (frequent rain) rainboots and boots in general are popular. About 3/4 of the students are from out of state, which makes for a wide range of students coming from mostly California, Oregon, Colorado, Hawaii, and Minnesota but pretty much all over the country as well. Students are generally liberal but engage with students from any kind of political background, and this also goes for different religion, race, socio-economic class, and sexual orientation.

Even though Puget Sound doesn't have as much racial diversity as one might find on other campuses, students here possess a diversity of thought. We have a vocal LGBT community, a variety of religions, and a liberal viewpoint. Students are predominantly left and depending on who you hang out with, are politically aware. Most students are casually dressed (like most of the Pacific Northwest), and no one would look twice if someone wore sweats to class.