Megan
Most students are white, upper middle class, intelligent, career driven individuals who work hard and play hard.
Sarah
Gettysburg students are intelligent, quick-witted, friendly and driven, although they believe they have a right to party and indulge during the weekends.
Jessica
My classmates are motivated, driven students who know what they want and how to go about getting it.
Laura
Gettysburg classmates are practical, quick-thinking, energetic, and always engaged.
Alonna
They are all friendly people, but many students come from similar backgrounds and have had similar life experiences.
Sarah
On the same wave length yet still diverge from the norm
Megan
Most students look very pulled together for class. they wear preppy, expensive clothes. On the occasional day that I wear sweatpants, I feel very out of place. Students definately do not dress down for class.
Sarah
Most Gettysburg students are white, priviledged students who come from nice families who live very comfortably. More than half went to private/boarding school. Most are from Maine to Virginia with a large chunk from New England. You may think you are hanging out with the kids on The O.C. sometimes, but you will meet people you never thought you'd like and do. People do dress nicely though, so if you want to go to a-sweats-everyday school, you may want to skip Gettysburg on your decision list. If your friends don't go to a school like Gettysburg though, you get bragging rights on your friends from school.
Katie
On campus, there are a wide variety of students. You will find students of different races, religions, socio-economic backgrounds, etc. I don't feel that many students of any kind would feel out of place at Gettysburg because there is a variety, and even if it is only a small variety, people are not closed to staying within a certain clique. Anyone can find a group of friends on campus. Students wear anything they want to classes. You can find in one classroom a student wearing sweats and another wearing a dress. I would say that you can probably find the majority of students wearing a pair of jeans and a sweatshirt because it does tend to get windy and cold at Gettysburg.
Katrina
As much as a love Gettysburg, and while I'm sure it's doing it's best, it is not a super diverse school. Most students here are pretty financially well off, although interestingly, most of my friends were not super concerned with their immediate earnings after college. There is a lot of community service here. I wouldn't use the phrase "rich white kids" to describe it, but...you get the picture. I could count on one hand the number of people from other backgrounds that I knew in my four years. Also, continuing in that theme, this is not a school where people wear sweatpants to class. I don't know that I would say preppy, but...yeah.