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Diverse and Passionate......however a slight majority are still study-a-holics and stress themselves out (most stress here is self inflicted....no one here wants you to fail).

Harvard is full of high-powered people. It's a very "sink or swim" kind of place. If you're not independent/self-directed, it will take a lot more work to thrive (though it's still possible). If you are though, you have all the world's resources - grants, professors, friends to bounce ideas off of - at your finger tips. Most students wear polo shirts and jeans to class, a few wear sweatpants. The dining hall is fairly segregated by race (this is most obvious in the freshman dining hall). Most students are liberal, but the membership of the Harvard Dems and GOP are about equal (because right-leaning students are much more likely to affiliate)

extremely smart

Lots of smart people, lots of not so smart people. It's a mixed bag.

Students do interact, but seldom outside extracurricular and blocking groups. But most people are generally friendly and courteous. I would say student population is VERY DIVERSE (in everything ranging from political view to personality) except financial background.

Harvard's generous financial aid policy has made it possible to have a financially diverse demography. Most students are politically aware, since Econ and Gov. are very big concentrations here. Students who are really really really into just studying will feel out of place at Harvard (really, they belong to MIT).

Pretty diverse.

The student body is very diverse, but everyone speaks English very well and has a niche of friends.

Nice people. Diverse. Sincere. Some crazy, some impossibly talented. Some rich, some poor. Marginal differences when compared to any other university i suspect.

Harvard is good in racial isues because it includes a good deal of black students. Students here do not seem to lack the understanding that everyone is created equal and for teh few who do not know that yet, they will soon. Life is great for me as a student and I am looking forwrad to say teh same as a medical student next year at HMS.