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Colorado College is very aware of diversity and prides itself on it. Yes there are a small few who enjoy poking at that, but they are generally outshined by the rest of the campus coming together against it. A student that would feel out of place at CC is someone looking to ONLY take classes in their specific field, but I think most students could feel at home somewhere on campus. Most of colorado college is a social mix. Yes there are the frat boys, jocks, nerds, etc, but there is so much intermingling of these social types that it hardly matters. Ditto for social, financial, and political backgrounds.

My favorite thing about CC is how well rounded the student body is. Not well rounded as a whole, but every individual in themselves. The average CC student is a genius, athletic, and creative. You can walk up to almost any student on campus and have an intellectually stimulating conversation. However, I am disappointed in the lack of socio-economic diversity. From my knowledge, the majority of the students are fairly wealthy. Despite this fact, wealth is usually only seen in skis, climbing equipment, and backpacking supplies.

The campus is not very racially or socio-economically diverse. I feel kind of out of place being a minority and from a lower class. conservative christians are not very welcome on campus. Students seem very concerned with getting high paying jobs.

the student body is very liberal and generally open minded unless you say you are a conservative or a Christian. but eventually people get over that. people wear whatever they want to class. it could be sweats or something nice or some hippy outfit. CC is predominately white and upperclass but people generally don't flaunt their money.

Students play hard and work just as hard, if not harder. They are driven but not abject to stopping to smell the roses from time to time. They are also very social and open to new situations and people. They are very accepting of almost any lifestyle (except the most dangerous) and will not put you down for your religion, race, sexual preference, or anything else "different" about you. However, there is a little bit of a low tolerance for the political right and the liberals, especially the Feminist and Gender Studies students and department, rule the school. But how is that different from any other liberal arts college? It's a shame, really, that students can't be more accepting about politics.

Not that many international/ethnically diverse students, but the majority of the student body does not discriminate against the minorities. For the most part good people here.

I have heard many racial minorities and students who are from a lower socioeconomic class say they feel out of place at CC. There are definitely more Caucasian students and many students who are in the higher middle class, but there is mixture between those who are open to it.

CC is an incredibly accepting campus that lacks diversity to accept. The majority of the student body is rich white kids who desperately wish that they weren't. Everyone can find a group here but some of my substance free friends found it difficult to find their place at the beginning of the year. People pride themselves of their global awareness but most students do not actually take action in the causes they talk so much about.

Well, I'm totally caucasian, but since I applied from Quito, Ecuador (I was living there at the time), I am considered an "international" student and represent diversity at CC - which tells you something about "diversity" at CC. But I never see any discrimination going on. Mostly, CC is full of bare-footed leftist rich hippies...but I mean that in a nice way.

very liberal and mostly open minded