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For the most part, Clemson is largely a white southern student body. However, that by no means says that everyone isn't accepted and welcome. There are a lot of cultural groups and clubs that you can get involved in and I don't think that there are very many problems with people feeling left out on campus. I would say that the students that would feel left out on campus would be the kind of "I hate the world and my life" kids from high school. Clemson is a pretty friendly campus and people encourage and expect you to jump on in and talk to people. The first day of class awkwardness can always be avoided by starting up conversations with kids sitting around you. As long as you are willing to put yourself out there, most people will be more than happy to talk to you. As far a politically, I always thought that Clemson was a pretty conservative campus (which it is no doubt) but there was a huge support for Obama this past year and his rally on campus was highly attended. I think that republicans are a huge group on campus but there is also a large mix of everyone else.

The people at clemson are great and that is what will make a club fun to be in. Whether it's bowling, worship, or skydiving, if you're around great people it will be fun no matter what. I'm in groups with friends from all over the US and abroad, from Las Vegas to New York to India.

Clemson is a prejudice school. Coming from New England a lot of my previous friends were African American or Hispanic. The racial majority at Clemson is Caucasian and a lot of them still think it's before the time of the Civil War. They have confederate flags flying from their cars which is completely disrespectful but 'part of their southern white upbringing'. It still doesn't make sense to me. While students may admit that they are accepting they aren't. There is one black sorority and one back fraternity. All of the other ones are solely white. Students are very casual when going to class. Most people acquire a huge collection on Greek event t-shirts and where those with jeans, shorts, and skirts. To buy before coming to Clemson: Rainbow sandals, Sperry boat shoes, plaid skirts, guys: TIES, khakis, button down shorts/polos, girls: sun dresses!, rain boots, seven for all man kind jeans.

There are virtually an infinite number groups and types of organizations for students to take part in.

Clemson is predominately white...only 9ish{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} black and even fewer for Asian, Indian, etc. Generally, each ethnic group sticks to themselves. They interact with one another, but for the most part, each race/group sticks to that same race/group. Clemson is working REALLY, REALLY hard to change that though. I haven't seen any animosity between the different groups. It's just that they don't really hang out with each other that much. As a whole, though, the student body is unfied in the fact that we're all Tigers. Almost all of the students are very proud that they go to Clemson, and that makes us one big community. I don't know for sure, but considering the part of the county Clemson is in, I'm pretty sure it's student body is predominately conservative Republicans. However, there are definitely active liberal groups on campus that go around writing stuff in chalk all over the campus sidewalks. Also, most of the students are generally middle or upper class. I can't really ever remember seeing a student and thinking to myself that they must come from a "poor" family. That's not to say that there aren't any students from lower class families, but there aren't too many - I don't think at least.

Despite its stereo type of being socially ultra-conservative/backwards, Clemson really isn't any different from several other college campuses that I've visited. The Clemson Gay and Straight Alliance is very active on our campus, as are several groups that solely promote racial and religious understanding and co-operation. Overall I have found the majority of the student body to be very accepting. Every campus has jerks who want to alienate people, and I really feel that most students at Clemson are willing to give anyone a chance. As long as your not a Gamecocks fan. Lord help you.

Overall the students are very nice. I don't like any of the frat guys though. The only student who would feel out of place here would be someone who hates football games. Clemson students are from all over. There is a very wide variety of students at Clemson. On my hall there were rich kids, poor kids, politically aware kids, halo kids, frat boys, and much more. Most of the kids talk about what they will earn one day.

You can find all but the goths in clemson. There is a range from the super conservative khaki wearing frat boy to the pink haired jumpy liberal Japanese student. Whoever you want to fit in with there is likely a sub culture of it established in clemson.

I was heavily involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Clemson. It was the largest organization on campus and the largest FCA in the Nation. Quiet students that are loners and like time to themselves would feel out of place at Clemson. If you can find your niche, Clemson is a great place. If you are a person that doesn't like to get out and experience life and what Clemson has to offer, it's probably not the place for you. We wear t-shirts, shorts, or jeans. We are very casual. We were clemson t-shirts a lot throughout the week as well. Of course, different types of students interact. Clemson is a very inclusive culture. Most Clemson students are in-state but there is a good portion of students from the east coast. The prevalent financial background is middle class society. Students at Clemson are very politically aware. We had Barack Obama, John Kerry, Mitt Romney, and other candidates make a stop in Clemson for a rally. There are a lot of conservative students at Clemson but there are also a decent number of moderate to liberal students as well.

Clemson has a lot of diversity within its students. Most students wear either shorts and a t-shirt, jeans, or a collared shirt. I think pretty much any student would fit in at Clemson, not too many outcasts. I would have to say that different types of students do interact, I hung out with many different types of people.