Virginia Commonwealth University Top Questions

Everyone is unique!

Diversity cant explain this school any better.

no one should feel out of place at VCU! We have every kind of person and Richmond is a community for everyone.

The students are VCU are indeed diverse in terms of race, religion, LGBT and socioeconomic. You name it we have it! I believe that no person upon enrolling in this school will feel left out or out of place because the environment is welcoming to all. Students normally dress casually for classes but often times it may seem like a fashion show! There is always a constant interaction of students no matter the race, religion or social status. Group assignments in classes call for it and its great way to learn how to work with people of diverse backgrounds its almost a prep tool for the real world/ work world. You will definitely often hear of students discussing how much they will make because we all are optimistic that the degrees we attain and the money spent on them will be an investment that will give us a future where the money we make counts significantly!!

My classmates are very diverse and intelligent.

So diverse, VCU is an art school and for some reason gets a lot of forign exchange students. so expect to meet a lot of culturall diverse people.

VCU's student body is awesome! I've made so many friends here because everyone is so friendly and down to earth. People say that they have encountered many cliques here, and I don't doubt that. A lot of students enrolled here with their best high school friends, so there are a lot of pre-existing groups here, but thankfully not a lot of actual high school mentality. It's not too hard to find a group, so long as you get just a little bit involved and reach out. Just being an art student has already helped me to find friends, but Greek life is also pretty good here and there are a lot of cultural, athletic, and academic extra curricular groups here, as well. LGBT groups are very prevalent on campus and I know that many of my LGBT friends feel very accepted and at home here. Since the efforts of our men's basketball team landed us a spot in the Final Four this year, VCU definitely has a renewed sense of school pride and camaraderie. Being part of the riots after our multiple wins this year was one of the most awesome things I have ever experienced.

I attend the art school at Virginia Commonwealth University, so my classmates are all very diverse people, but they are all also very accepting people, who work hard to try to acheive their goals.

Multi-culutural, intriguing, and outgoing.

Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school; therefore, I was unable to get to know most of classmates, because the majority of my classes were big lecture classes filled with 200+ students. But for the classes for which I had around 20-30 students, my classmates were like any other classmates. Some were helpful when I needed; whereas, some chose to keep to themselves.