Dickinson College Top Questions

Dickinson students appear homogeneous, but aren't really. Though the school is heavily populated by white, upper-middle class students, students have lots of different interests and finding a group of friends with whom you share interests and values is not hard. There are not too many students who would feel completely lost here, there is a group for pretty much everyone and people don't have to look to hard to find their niche. Most students dress casually in class. Some wear sweatpants but that usually occurs during 8:30 or 9:00 classes. Heels are rare and dresses are common during the fall and spring. It is generally a casual atmosphere. One sweep of the caf during lunch gives a visitor a pretty good idea of Dickinson's student body. The Greek organizations sit together, the athletic teams, Posse, the non-Greek's, the gamers, the frisbee team. Everyone has their table or area and I like it that way. Most students are from New England and the mid-Atlantic region, but there is a wide variety of students hailing from elsewhere. There was a bit of political activism during the 2008 election but one great thing about Dickinson is that there is a fair number of students on the left and fair number on the right. Business majors are pretty much the only students that will outwardly talk about their dreams to be rich.

There are overachievers, average students, and those who get good grades with minimal work.

They're friendly, fun, and I love to hang out with them.

My classmates are from all over the US and some know what they want in life and some don't.

Energetic, enthousiastic, intelligent, fun-loving, crazy, happy, ambitious, relaxed.

People are usually wealthy and from private schools but friendly and open minded. Theres is also still diversity though. It is hard to exactly pinpoint students here, but there is definetly someone for everyone.

Some are nice, but too many of them are hypocritical hippies that are incredibly ignorant