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Although Colgate does not have a large openly LGBTQ population, the atmosphere is generally very accepting of these individuals. One of my friends who is openly gay has been his classes president for their entire time at Colgate.

There is not much diversity here, so seek it out! It's so worth it! As a white male, I just joined Sisters of the Round Table, and it has been the best decision of my life. But we do draw from a small pool in terms of differing life experiences, but we all are unique, so take what you will. There is a lot of self-segregation in general, but we can work toward fixing that. There are all kinds of people here; it's just that it takes more searching to find certain ones, so people sometimes take the easy way out and hang with those who don't challenge them as much.

It's not a very diverse campus- white, anglo-saxon, christian, straight, from the northeast and midatlantic. it's trying though, to become more diverse and you can definitely find whatever group you need.

I was a little bummed by the student body's openness to alternative issues. It's not that people are close minded, its that they don't take risks or explore what is beyond what they know. But I also think my impressions are formed by a certain type of student that is a rich, sheltered, white kid. There are a lot of kids like this but there are many other kinds of people here too. I just feel like I see the same kind of person around.

There is a large majority of rich, white, straight, well rounded people at Colgate, which can be a bad thing. There are student groups that welcome all kinds of people, but those who don't fall into this category may have trouble finding a group of friends to relate to. In general, students are concerned about the lack of diversity on campus and would like more interaction between students from different backgrounds. Students are very politically active, and many feel a need to enact social change in the Colgate community and the larger national community.

No diversity. If there were no football team, the student body would be almost entirely white. There is a huge number of students from Westchester, Jersey, and Connecticut.

Students at Colgate party a lot. It is a work hard play hard mentality. In the library every night until 9 pm then go out and party until 2 am. There is a high population of student athletes, myself being one, on campus because it is one of the smallest division I schools. Teams are very supportive of each other.

Overall-pretty homogenous. White, upper-class students that come from the New England area.

Racial issues, financial differences issues; poor or even middle class students would feel out of place here if they didn't own anything by D&G

Colgate's students, in general, are very high achieving and competitive. While the statistics say that the majority went to public school, I find that the type of public school is often very different from mine. Mine was an inner city, very racially and economically diverse school, whereas many at Colgate went to a public school in a wealthy suburb. I was surprised to find how many students at Colgate really want to go into finance rather than pursue something with their major. I think most students here are quite appearance and public image-oriented, and do hope to make a lot of money someday. I don't think that students are necessarily shallow, but I think that Colgate students sometimes don't involve themselves in causes as much as they should. Community service is big at Colgate, but many don't take advantage of it, and I think there is much potential to be fulfilled there. Students are very smart, however, and idealistic, and goal-oriented. We don't compete with each other, we compete with ourselves.