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One of the great things about CC is that kids come from all over the country. There are a lot from Maine, from Minnesota or Wisconsin, or from the Boston area in particular, but there are literally people from all over. Probably less than a third of the students come from Colorado, and to meet a local is relatively rare. CC is not very cliquey; there are not really very defined classes within the student body. Two groups that might be singled out as different are the sororities and fraternities, the hockey players, and then the very studious, serious students who don't party. As far as ambition, the occasional student is very entrepreneural and tries to work ahead in his career while at CC, but for the most part intensive internships or jobs are left for the summers away from CC, and students try to prolong being dependent and a student for as long as possible. Most students are politically left, came from hippie-turned-successful parents, and come from wealthier families. The international population is growing but is still very small, and most of these come from the top social class of their home country. Although proclaiming tolerance, the school does still have problems with homophobia and even the rare race incident. However, I would feel most ostracized and threatened at the school if I were a Christian or a Conservative.

EVERYONE is so smart! you don't get any duds in your group projects. People here have done such amazing stuff in their young lives. At most schools, students spend their free time tanning, of playing video games. Here people travel the world, climb mountains. Everyone is so ambitious and active and wants to save the world!

Students interact with everyone. There aren't clear lines. Its not like high school. I'm not a hippie but I have some friends that are. You don't have to be super politically active to be here, but there are some students who are. Generally, we're a hodge-podge of students with different views and we all get a long. Nothing like that has ever been a problem. CC students are from all over the country, various ethnic, religious, and social backgrounds. Many students are on financial aide, but money isn't really discussed.

The students and professors are intelligent and interesting. The students are generally super hip, outgoing, beautiful and free-spirited with enough money to allow them to pursue any of their passions. When I first got here, I was shocked at how little racial diversity there was, but as I approached senior year, I realized the diversity was in the students' interests and backgrounds. Unfortunately, as liberal as our campus claims to be, there is a lot of racism and prejudice that seeps through and there is little political activism even though everyone claims to be Obama's #1 fan. If you don't wear funky, vintage, neon sunglasses, this is not the place for you.

Alot of students are from the North East, Minnesota, and Oregon.

Most of the students fall into 3 categories: jocks, preps, and hippies, but no matter what group you're in, you're accepted in whatever clique. There aren't many minorities and there are hardly any Christians on campus, which strongly contrasts to the Colorado Springs area where Hispanic and Christian communities thrive.

There are lots of different activities to get involved in. The student body tries to delve into issues that affect the school on a daily basis.

People are pretty accepting of all types of people, but cliques form early on in the freshman dorms. There is some tension between minority and activist students and the self-entitled rich kids.

colorado college has a huge socio economic gap. there are a lot of really wealthy family's here, but there is also a fair amount of people who simply could not afford to be here had the college not payed for 80{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of their schooling. from my small scope of things here at CC i gather that people generally hang out with people who come from the same socio economic background. this is of course a very general statement but i think there is some truth in it. but perhaps my view is skewed. its hard to tell. what kind of student would feel out of place at CC? i have a friend who came to this school thinking it was highly intelligent, hard working and quirky place. this is true to some extent. people here are very intelligent but most people do not work that hard instead they rely on their intelligence to get them through class. i would say that the quirk of CC greatly depends on the friend group you make. people here dont really seek out weirdness like at reed for example but i have found something strange about almost every one i have met here at CC. i feel like if a student were expecting these qualities out of any given CC student they would be disappointed and feel out of place.

The sterotype about Colorado College is that its full of either very very rich kids or hippies. There are rich snobs and barefeet slaklining hippies everywhere here! If your not a rich kid, or a hippie your either an athlete or a minority.