Emerson College Top Questions

Describe the students at Emerson College.

Matthew

Emerson College students are bright , overachieving, talents and highly motivated.

Rachel

An eclectic cacophony of liberals.

James

Crazy, fun, weel-informed, extremly smart, childish, adorable, talented.

Kelly

We are driven, motivated, smart and talented

Alexandria

My classmates are motivated, enthusastic, and involved.

Brittany

Creative and outgoing.

Catherine

My classesmates are not only my friends, they are also my competators and the very reason why I push myself to my very limits.

Samantha

Fairly homogenous, white community with a strong LGBT community. Two economic classes: those with enough money and those who couldn't get financial aid and have to find a way to pay for school. Very, very liberal student and faculty body. Student body discusses deep issues and can get obsessive about film, music et al. Everyone seems to know everyone because it is a small school. Not a big party community but lots of small house parties. Social groups center on extra curricular activities: Actors, Technicians, TV, Film students etc. You know who you work with the best.

Shelby

There is a freaking HUGE gay population at the school. I know at least as far as boys are concerned, the statistics I've heard are that for every 60 girls, there are 40 guys, and that 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the guys are gay (that leaves pretty awful odds for us straight girls, and unfortunately, venturing out into the city ISN'T going to help--just prepare to lower your standards A LOT or to not get any all year). Almost EVERYONE you meet will be really wealthy--whether they're wearing the latest Abercrombie and Fitch, or some "artsy," "unique" outfit, it's going to be really expensive (and if it's the later of those two ensembles, probably from Urban Outfitters). People will brag about being down with the real world and into punk rock music or an urban, gritty lifestyle, and then proceed to tell you how they went to a really expensive private high school, how mommy and daddy won't send them anymore money, or how when they seem someone homeless chilling on the side of the street, it freaks them out. People are completely politically apathetic. They talk about how we have to stop global warming, but NONE of them actually do anything about it, and if a small group tries to organize something eco-friendly on campus, the rest of the idiot population bitches about how its an inconvenience. Or people will be like, "help children in Africa!" and wear these "Save Darfur" t-shirts, but like hell if they know where the Sudan is or who the Janjaweed are. Everybody is all about the image of appearing like activists, but very few people actually are activists. There are so many complete and total idiots at the school, I can't even begin to explain it to you--maybe it's all their "indie" hair dye leaching into their brains. Oh, and by the way--almost everyone is white. And a lot of people are really racially ignorant. Have fun with that.

Kelly

The student body is so bizarre, very clique-y. And these cliques can often be intimidating and unimpenetrable because it seems they're mostly decided by major. For as different as everyone wants to be, people seem really similar. I think a lot of the kids tend to be from wealthy backgrounds and that definitely comes across.