Emerson College Top Questions

Emerson tends to be the school where all the outcasts from highschool gravitate towards. It is not uncommon to see a girl covered in piercings and bright pink hair hanging out with a blond in a mini skirt. Everyone is welcome at Emerson and everyone finds their niche. Emerson students tend to dress well at all times, whether it is for an 8:00 in the morning class, or after an all night study session, most students are still dressed well making sure they look good, no matter how they feel.

The biggest minority at Emerson is the gy community. Blacks and Latinos are underrepresented and so are most internationals. Emerson students tend to be a bit ignorant about all countries except for Canada, and the only times they come back with any foreign-land skills is when they return from the castle. The good thing though, is that they're pretty open-minded and accepting of everyone, so once they learn how to pronounce the name of your country you'll probably be great friends with them.

Emerson's student body is really what makes it the most unique college in New England. The pool of students draws from all scenes and types of person. There are large groups of many factions of people (skaters, stoners, gays ect...) but because it is a small school everyone really associates with one another and there are few exclusive cliquey type groups. Everyone is very independent minded and seem to have a firm grasp on who they are and what they want to do with life, which I feel is unusual for my age group in general. There seems to be more students from Conn., N.J., CA, and NYC than other states, but there is a fair mix still. Almost all are liberal and I think I read somewhere that we have something like a 1.3 percent republican student body.

It is not a very diverse school within itself, however Emerson's student body is surely different from most campuses. There are plenty of very liberal kids, few conservative, and a large homosexual population. If you are not tolerant of homosexuality than this school is definitely not right for you. It is never imposed upon you, it is just understood that one should be understanding of all types of lifestyles in order to be a mature individual. Emerson students are typically comedians, who have wisdom beyond many of their peers.

There's not much to say about the student body besides that it isn't very racial diverse. The majority of the students are white. The diversity comes in the types of people. There is a large population of LGBT people in the student body, many different religions are part of the school, and everyone seems to have different and independent outlooks on their lives.

Honestly emerson needs more students of colour, there just aren't enough, and i'm convinced i'm the only student who is directly from the Caribbean in the entire school. now i don't mean 1st generation or moved to the states as a child i mean, left barbados in spetember to attend school and go home to barbados on vacation. and i think that is a real problem at a university. you need to meet different people and unfortunately emerson kids seem to be only exposed to themselves which is no help to them in the larger society.

Anything is possible at Emerson and they will let you know it. Students are super trendy, and all think highly of themselves. If you are really into school, emerson is not for you. We are all about networking and having a good time and using all our friends talents as much as possible to help us out. Most students are from LA and NYC or around Boston. Our international community is growing which is nice. Most students are wealthy with parents already in the entertainment business. The political communication and journalism kids are really into the news and politics, and everyone is an activist of some kind or another. Students dress either really trendy or really chill...everyones personality is easy to see from the eye.

Mostly white middle to upper class liberal students who accept everything, save conservatives. They also generally have a basis in their field of study and produce some amazing work far beyond their years.

Emerson is verty liberal with associations about diversity, religious, musical and film themes to get a bit of every student. Students are very lay back in their clothes and they usually go in jeans and a shirt to class. A large group of students are from around the area or close here and also from California.

I find that most of the student body is from the tri-state area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut) and the New England area and mainly white, which can be disorienting at times when you've grown up in Queens your whole life. Otherwise, everyone's pretty friendly and likes to do work and have fun. Weekends in the dorms there is always something going on and there is never a dull moment, unless you want it to be. Most students are liberal on campus but everyone still has a voice and everyone is pretty encouraging. There is no racism or any kind of intolerance at Emerson, that I've seen. Most students work, too, whether that's on campus or at a local bookstore.