Macalester College Top Questions

some student groups can get overly zealous, but most students are pretty chill

there's a large LGBT population. racially, religiously, and socio-economically i don't think we're as diverse as we believe we are. there are a lot of international students but they tend to all stick together. really preppy, jocky students are definitely in the minority. people who have a massive sex drive are also going to have problems because no one hooks up and almost everyone is a virgin clothes: everyone where's plaid and flannel. it's ridiculous. do different types of students interact: in class but not really otherwise tables: 1) the athletes and their friends 2) people who really like dungeons and dragons 3) the drug lords 4) international kids most people are from the midwest, especially wisconsin financial background: tends towards upper middle class politically active/aware: absolutely predominantly left no, no one talks about how much they will earn one day

Very accepting, very opinionated, often hypocritical, always awkward, passionate about the most unexpected things, and almost everyone is a huge dork about their academic field.

Hmm, no comment Conservative students stick out like a sore thumb Students where too wide a range of clothes to class to describe All students interact There are no "tables" at lunch - I sit with at least 100 different people each year Most of the kids here are quite well off, though the financial aid is excellent Students here are more politically active that 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of colleges We are predominantly left (way left) Never

Macalester has everyone. It really does. The student body is primarily composed of neo-liberals. In other words, people who pretend to care and "feel" for you you to fuck off if you asked for money. As I said before, don't try to be really out of a comfortable identity box, because you'll be all alone (if you've ever heard the song "Love Me I'm a Liberal", it's pretty much that). Financial aid is becoming a joke, and the school seems to be admitting more people who can fully pay for college to support its rise to Ivydom. Hurrah. What hurts most is the facade, though. The facade of really carrying about issues of social justice, or the facade of really, truly being accepting. It's just that, a facade. Don't waste your time here.

At any given moment at Macalester, you could see geeks, indie rockers, outdoorsy people, jocks, girly-girls, flamboyantly gay men, and everything in between hanging out together in the floor lounge. The only type of person who wouldn't feel comfortable here is someone who isn't open to other types of people.