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Because of our remote locating I find it that most students here are Clarkson are from the Eastern side of America. More specifically most students here are from the New York area. Although there are people from Missouri, California, and Utah we predominantly have students from this side of the states. Socially, I would like to say that we have a very diverse student body. I know people who are jocks, Greeks, nerds, social butterflies, anti-socials, videogames addicts and everything in between. You are guaranteed to find your group of friends that you will hang out with the most through out all of your 4 years. Only advice I have is to get out and meet people on your first day here, don’t be shy and remember that everybody is on the same boat.

Clarkson students are very open and accepting of all different types of people. Many students are outgoing, but many also stay in their rooms. I believe that the students who spend their free time out having fun, are the ones who truly experience what college life is all about. It is very easy to meet new people in and outside of the classroom at Clarkson, and people are always willing to strike up a conversation. An issue that is getting better with time is known as the "Clarkson Ratio." This is the guy to girl ratio at Clarkson, 4:1. The more socially active people, like myself, like to meet girls from SUNY Potsdam and St. Lawrence University.

Clarkson is located in Upstate, NY in an area that is predominantly Caucasian so this does have some affect on the students that enroll into Clarkson. Clarkson's current president is from Australia, so you can be sure that he is trying to make the campus as diverse as possible. Throughout the years that I have attended Clarkson, I have seen a steady improvement. There are a few students from California, Arizona, Connecticut, New York City, and plenty foreign exchange students.

Clarkson's student body is not the most diverse of colleges in the country but it does have some diversity amongst students. Clarkson has a study exchange program where they send students to other countries for a semester and students from these colleges send students to Clarkson for the semester. This program allows Clarkson students to have the opportunity to actually go to a different country and experience the cultural differences of the country. It also allows students to stay right at Clarkson and meet new and interesting people from other countries. As previously mentioned, there are alot more guys than girls at Clarkson but the neighboring colleges of Potsdam State as well as Saint Lawrence are close by.

Woman are almost non approachable, as the few good looking girls think they are god, ( IE - The Clarkson Syndrome ), and the rest are, well, non approachable via personal choice haha ). Like I said before though, SLU and State are within minutes of CU, so no worries there. Most kids are white, upper middle class, and intelligent. Students are not cut throat, but very team oriented, something I have found to be extremely encouraging.

Like I said, not much diversity even though Clarkson tries to make it seem like there is, VERY few care about politics, few women, but it is climbing to 40{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} slowly, and the campuses around have a lot if you get out to them. The women always say "the odds are good but the goods are odd," but I frequently want to retort by saying for guys that "the odds are bad and the goods are also....uhhh." If you can find a woman here though, she will rake in the green. That aside, almost everyone here has some inherent geek interest in science regardless of major, sex, or age with few exceptions, but it is not nearly as bad as colleges such as RPI and WPI.

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My classmates are friendly, helpful, studious, and smart.

most of them are very book smart, but are scocially awkward and think that because they are so smart they are better than those around them. they tend to be the types who have never done much wrong.

My classmates are supportive, helpful, and kind.