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Student body is great!! I love the diversity !!!

UW is pretty diverse, although there really are few black or hispanic students. The biggest international student minority groups are Asian (Korean and Japanese for the most part), but they tend to keep to themselves. That being said, there are still a ton of really ignorant, uneducated people, but you would get that anywhere.

As far as racial diversity goes, Washington does pretty well. There are all kinds of cultures represented, although the dominant race is Asian. Most of the students are very laid back, most wear comfortable clothes to class (jeans, sweats, t-shirts, occasionally pajamas). There are often protests on campus, mostly artistic ones (ex. flags in the lawn), as opposed to mobs.

UW has a GREAT range of student organizations! You can find whatever you're looking for here. Many students are from Washington state, but I do see quite a few of out-of-staters (predominantly from California, Oregon, and a few east coast states).

There's a constant stressed-out tension in the air of people trying to fight this. We're lonely and isolated and we're trying to find significance by doing something important and/or drowning our sorrows in alcohol and promiscuous sex.

There are a lot of white and asian kids here. there are not that many black, hispanic or native american students. However, what minorities there are are well represented with clubs and specialized sororities and fraternities. Many UW students are from Washington state, but a ton of them are from out of state as well. On sunny days, it's seriously the most beautiful campus I've ever seen...all of my out-of-state friends always say that the sunny days here make all the rain totally worth it. I would say there are not really cliques at UW at all. There are so many students here, it's super easy to find friends. The biggest split I would say is between Greeks and non-Greeks. People in sororities and fraternities mingle a ton amongst one another, but not a lot with non-Greeks. I made the choice (which I am very happy with) not to join a sorority, but I know a ton of people who are in sororities and absolutely love it. It just depends what kind of college experience you want. Also, classes, clubs and sports are great ways to get to know people in or out of the Greek system who you otherwise wouldn't get a chance to meet. Also, most of the Greek system do tend to party...a lot. People in the dorms/off campus do, too, but often the dorm kids (like myself) get the better end of the stick, because we can choose to go to Frat parties if we want, but we can also throw smaller parties just with ourselves. it's great. most students are pretty politically and environmentally aware. It's Seattle, so almost everyone is extremely liberal and environmentally friendly. We have SO many recycling/composting options here, it's great! The people here are just really nice in general. People in the northwest are generally really accepting and relaxed. extremely relaxed. haha. Some people are here just to find a high-paying job and make money, but not many. It seems that everyone is here to find and study something they're passionate about. It really doesn't matter here at alllll what your financial background is. I have friends who come from both pretty poor families and from really wealthy families. it doesn't matter!

For the most part UW students are white, upper-middle class people from Washington state. There is a large Asian population and a smaller out of state student population, but it's not too bad I guess. They do have a lot of racial minority clubs, and similar religious/racial/socio-economic people tend to stick together. But I'm pretty sure you're going to find that at most universities around the US. I know that a lot of out-of-state students feel super out of place, mostly in the beginning. I am from Washington and, being from a smaller high school with few people who went here, I even felt a little out of place...but that's normal and it's just going to happen. However, time will also play a role and everything works out for most people. If you're looking for a school, where the majority of the population rolls to class in sweats and pajamas, then this might not be your school (see Western for further inquiry). For the most part, people tend to look fairly nice when they go to class. Sure, there is always going to be the sweatshirt/jeans prevalence, and I'm sure there are also a ton of people wondering around in sweats, but generally, that's not what you're going to see. With a ton of other people looking cute all the time, there is always going to be a motivation to get out of bed just a few minutes earlier to brush your hair in the morning...

University of Washington is a school with diversity, which contains people in many different races. Even this, everyone is treating and working well with each other.

I think UW is kind of open-minded at these point. I like it.

The Asian population at UW consists of 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the total population. There is a lot of Asian culture. I did get irritated once when an Asian club wrote something about white people harassing Asian people all over campus. I have never seen any racism against any Asian people at UW and for this group to claim that white people as a whole were racist towards Asians was insulting. But, again, because UW is so big, there are people from everywhere, with any amount of money and of any race. There are people that you can relate with, you just have to look for them.