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I went to Emerson as a student of the Professional Studies program. I was 26 when I entered and 30 at graduation, married the entire time. These four years at Emerson taught me that no matter what age you go to school, school is still school. I was in class with people literally ten years younger than me by the time I graduated and I have to say it enhanced my education exponentially. The students are intelligent and creative and I feel I only benefitted from being around them. That being said, of course because of my age and marital status I was an outsider, but that never seemed to make a difference.

The student body at Emerson isn't as diverse as the school would like it to be. I don't know much about racial groups on campus, but I do know that there are groups for the major religions christian, jewish and catholic. These groups are active and respected by the school. Students at Emerson are very stylish. Usually in class, students do not dress down. Some are in business wear if they are interning before or after class. Otherwise, students are well-dressed, usually very current in fashion trends. Different types of students do interact if they happen to share interests or majors. Overall, I think the student body is very accepting of one another. Most people simply let others be who they are, which to me was such a breath of fresh air from high school

The student body runs the gamut from crazy fanatical right wing to crazy fanatical left wing. Almost entirely white and upper middle class, working class and lower middle class students have a harder time fitting in. Emerson students are extremely activist with an extremely strong GBLT community, and the little Greek Life on campus is small and interconnected.

Ok, the biggest thing that you should know about the student body at Emerson is that probably 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the kids here are gay/lesbian. The gay community is HUGE. I often forget that it isn't this big outside of Emerson. Like, I'll go home and one of my friends will make a remark about how they think someone on the street is probably gay, and I'm like "...so?" It's just totally normal here, which I think is really great because it helps promote acceptance and all that jazz. Sports aren't that big here - we do have some sports teams, and some atheletes, but an extremely athletic person who's looking to gain state championship titles would probably feel very out of place here. Not a lot of people are into that sort of thing. Politically I'd say that most students here are very leftist. Not to say that there aren't any Republican minded folks, but we tend to be a little radical and a little anti-government. Not anarchists, just...outside-the-box.

Students at Emerson are politically aware of what is going on in the world. They are predominantly left, and many seem to come from the west coast.

No diversity, lots of rich kids, but I have met some of the greatest people in the world here though.

I live way off campus with my parents, so it is hard to really answer this question because I don't know a ton of people, but from what I can gather it is a very tight community, especially within majors.

Emerson is not very racially or economically diverse but there are a lot of international students. The LGBT group is huge. Religion doesn't seem to be a big deal. Politically Emerson students are liberal but not terribly active.

There are a lot of homosexuals and I'm friends with probably all of them. There are also a lot of heterosexuals and we all get along great. A lot of hooking up with various people that you see often because the school is so small, so be careful not to get caught in a big web of friends because it is easy to do. Like I said before, there is hardly any diversity, like other races besides caucasian, but I would love it if there was. Mostly, everyone is pretty outgoing and cool. But you generally hang out with the people in your major, but not necessarily. I have a lot of friends outside of my major as well as a lot of friends in different grades. It's easy to make friends with people even if you don't have classes with them. You generally meet people in outside of class in extracurricular activities and see them often. Most Emerson students are kind of wealthy and we have a fair amount of famous kids. Well, their parents are famous, but the tuition is very large, so that makes sense. A lot of people are from California and LA, and from New York. Everyone compares Boston to New York, and if you do that, New York will always win. Boston is kind of a small big city, but I like it that way. Fewer people, less congestion, more trees, and a different atmosphere. Everyone is generally pretty liberal at Emerson, but a lot of people are just apathetic. And a lot of people are Athiest, or Jewish, or Jewish turned Athiest. A lot of Christians too. Kind of diverse religious beliefs. But they're cool.

Close minded students would feel out of place at Emerson. Republicans, too. I actually think Emerson is at a disadvantage having such a liberal, left thinking school. No one challenges policies or views. Most Emersonians are from New England or LA.