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all are true to a small degree.

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As to the party aspect, I would say every college you attend is a party school. You can find the parties anywhere you go, it just depends on what you're looking for in a college experience. I would say it obviously does have those students who were raised in the deep south and have southern traditions with the Confederate Flad and whatnot, but in general, I think the majority of the people I have met here are from the North, out of state, or just plain normal people with no tendencies to be racist or homophobic or anything that goes along with the southern stereotype. As to diversity and girls, those are facts. Since I have been here it is a lot more diverse and the girl to guy ratio has decreased, but there are less minorities and males in general.

Yes, for the most part. The thing about stereotypes is that they come from somewhere right? So there must be some truth to them, but it's like the game you used to play in grade school, where someone would say something and then go "pass it along" - eventually the message gets garbled and maybe you can figure the original out

There definitely is always something to do in Charleston, but I would not say we are a huge party school. As for the beach bums image...how could you stay away from such a beautiful beach?! I do go quite a bit, whenever I have time.

Not entirely. Grnated that most students do come from a nice background, th College of Charleston does not discriminate or seperate people on their financial differences. Every college (no matter where you are) has their fair share of parties, so to say that because the Colllege of Charleston is a party school based on location is VERY incorrect!

It does feel like C of C is an all girls' school sometimes. 60:40 ratio I'd say. The Citadel and MUSC close by helps even out the ratio for single girls looking for guys, though. Walking down the street, it seems like most girls look the same. Also, diversity does seem limited especially ethnically, socioeconomically, religiously and sometimes segregated, but there ARE plenty of different, interesting people. There's a large population of liberal hippie activists. We have a pretty big international student population. The HC has a good bit of diversity that I feel represents the campus as a whole: nerds, partying beach-goers, liberals, conservatives...there is a niche for everyone and I've really only met very friendly, fun people so far. The beach is so close, only 20-30 minutes away, so people frequently go out there after class on beautiful days (which are frequent). Drinking is a big facet of the school; it's a college town with kids living off campus in apartments and houses that have parties every weekend and some weeknights. But you can find plenty of people who are low-key social drinkers or abstain from drinking completely.

of course not, there is always a mixture of people around and C of C is challenging, not just an easy, do your homework, get an A, kind of school

The stereotype about the students being laid back is definitely true. There are many different groups of people, but they are all laid back and willing to come together if necessary.