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Cornell has a very heterogeneous student body. There are certainly clicks, but most students will have friends from all socio-economic and racial backgrounds. That being said, a large number of the students are quite wealthy.

Pretty much every type of person can be found at Cornell. While we have predominantly leftist politics, there is a thriving community of right-wing students. Coming from an extreme-left community, this has made me much more open to accept conservatives, and I feel I've grown from the kind of political mixing I've encountered at Cornell. We have practically every race and religion represented and people come from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds. That said, there are a lot of people from the white upper-middle class.

wide range of racial- white, hispanic, black lots of Jewish people more upper class than lower class most students dress nicely many different types of students interact, most groups are mixed backrounds the group that stays the most secluded are asians

Cornell represents diversity of every type. I love that. I do not know many gay students but I know they exist. Someone who does not care about grades or their success would feel out of place at Cornell. Different types of students do interact to an extent. It depends on the person. For the most part, Cornell students are open to other types of people. I think upper-middle-class financial backgrounds are most prevalent. I think there is a great variety of political views. I there are more democrats than republicans. Students do not really talk about how much they will earn in the future.

Most students are very welcoming to different people and their backgrounds.

There are people from a lot of different backgrounds here, but it is definitely a more liberal school. Although there is a lot of diversity, people tend to segregate themselves.

I don't see any problmes with racial/religious/socio-economic issues at cornell. But, it is very true that people from similar backgrounds and races seem to get along better. There are also certain types of clothing that sorority/fraterity students would wear. Four tables of students in the dining hall would be occupied by a group of sorority girls, male/female athletes, male/female students, and mixed people. Most cornell students are from NJ and NY, from middle class families or above. A lot of people are politically awar, but only quite a few of them are very active. Students talk about how much they will earn one day and their future jobs/families a lot of times.

The student body is very diverse. The type of student who would feel out of place at Cornell is an individual who likes to keep to him/herself and isn't accepting of diversity. Everywhere you look, you meet people of different races and cultures.

I have not had an opportunity to become involved with the Cornell student body.

The majority of people at Cornell are from either Long Island or Westchester and tend to be wealthy. Group divisions are similar to high school, as people of similar interests befriend one another.