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There is a huge variety of different kinds of students at C of C, so I believe that it would be hard to feel out of place. Most students wear normal clothes to class, whatever their style is, no one really cares. I would say higher class financial backgrounds are most common, from my experience. I have met a surprisingly high amount of liberals.

There are different goups at CofC, but they are always inviting to other people. I do not feel that there is much discrimination on campus. I also do not feel that any student would feel out of place at CofC because there is something for everyone there. To class, many students often wear t-shirts and jeans if their class is in the morning. However, many students of the school dress very respectively.

You would feel out of place at CofC if you were a transvestite, I guess. But other than that, there are a bunch of artsy folk who seem to all hang out with eachother.

The student body at CofC is very diverse. There are people of all races, religions, ethnicities, SECs, etc. I guess the best way to describe the student body in one word is MOTLEY. You can be in a class with 5 frat guys, 5 sorority girls, 5 shoe-less hippies, and 5 individuals (people that don't feel the need to pay for friends or stop showering to discover themselves...not that there's anything wrong with that. To each his own.). People at CofC are politically aware. Just this past semester I went to see Obama speak in the Cistern, and the place was packed. There was a line that stretched for blocks. Its hard to describe the student body, and do it justice. You'll just have to come and see it for yourself.

Quiet, shy, introverted students would feel out of place. College of Charleston is a very loud and colorful school. It is easy to fit into what ever crowd you like because of the variety and amount of groups. Most students are pretty aware of politics and have many opinions. Most students have a rich financial backgrounds and love talking about it.

There are a lot of obnoxious fraternity and sorority students who always complain about being hung-over. Alcohol is huge on campus and you'll be lucky if you can get through one class where someone doesn't complain about being hung-over. Almost everyone in the POLS department are liberal and want to join the Peace Core, again in my position, if you are a conservative, you are a minority at the school and will be looked down on in the POLS department. But in the professors' defense, a lot of them try to stay neutral most of the time, but rarely any of them fully make it. A lot of the cirriculum is liberal and blows the neutrality anyway. There are student organizations everywhere and they are constantly doing something on campus, so lots of activities to do.

CofC is very diverse. And just the fact of knowing that it's a Liberal Arts school, you know mostly everyone is open-minded and loves to meet new and unique people. Most students are liberal and you can be very active. I met and talked with John Edwards during his campaign for presidency and got to hear Barak Obama speak. It was amazing. But there's also a large amount of conservatives on campus. I also met and talked with John McCain. There's something for everyone. Financial backgrounds are all over the place. There's some very rich people here, and then there's people like me who have taken out ridiculous amounts of student loans just to go to college.

There is some interacting with different types of kids. Middle class is the most prevalent financial background. Students are politically aware and active and come from the right, left and center.

The student body is made up of sixty percent South Carolina natives, and the rest are from NJ, MD, and OH. Most students are white middle class. I would estimate 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} or less of the pop is considered "diverse".

The cofc student body is a very good one. Overall there are a ton of out of state students, a lot coming from up north and they are usually on the wealthy side, so they can sometimes be the ones who like to party, but they are all nice people. There are a lot of girls too, being a guy down there is nice because it is very easy to meet good looking girls as well. Like every school you have your snobs, skaters, emos, and other types of people, but down here there are never any problems with people interacting or doing there own thing. I would say I have a lot of different kind of friends and it is easy to get along with all of them.