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I hang out with some pretty diverse groups. The only group that I haven't really connected with are people who work in the newspaper, they can be kind of snooty and some are seriously on a power trip. But I hang out with liberal arts students in Model UN, all kinds of people at NORML, my friends going into aero with me, my friends in the honors engineering program. It's pretty easy to fit in, you just have to find your group (it might require a good amount of effort to go and find them, make sure you don't just sit in your room on weekends!)

Purdue has a wide variety of people of different backgrounds. If one is willing to try, he or she can easily find others with similar backgrounds and/or interests. Sometimes students naturally segregate themselves into comfortable groups, but there is still willingness to interact with everyone else.

There is every type of person on campus. A lot of religions a ton of different races and are very split up, not a lot of inter-mingling and I hate that.

Purdue is a large mixture of different cultures. You can walk from one class to another and experience three to five different languages along the way. I don't feel any student would feel out of place at Purdue however those preferring a small school won't really like the large campus with large classes What do most students wear?- some wear PJs some wear business suits most wear something in between. jeans and a t-shirt are common, not to mention the college student must a sweatshirt :-D (preferably not in the rival school's crimson and cream colors...IU) Lafayette, Indiana and Indiana in general leans more toward the right and campus is going to be more conservative than states where they are more left wing focused but democrats and republicans can both be found on campus

The student body is SO diverse. It is really awesome to walk down the sidewalk and here so many different languages. You also learn alot about life in other countries!

Eh.. It's like every other college. There's a lot of stupid people, a lot of intelligent people, and a lot of drunks on the weekends.

Purdue is not the most politically active campus; being situated in a conservative state, but we have some political activity. The Students for Life put crosses all over the memorial mall once a year; which has always bothered me. I've also seen a reenactment of the crucifixion of Christ played out for Good Friday. In contrast 'sex on the mall' sex education booths run by such groups as Purdue VOX and the LGBT groups pass out free condoms and offer a myriad of information and interesting activities, which also occurs annually at a different time. We have a wide variety of students, though quite a lot from good old in-state Indiana and the Chicago area. I see the greatest diversity while working at the Purdue Memorial Union - everyone comes to eat pizza.

Students here are politically active, and I think there's an even split between conservatives and liberals, although the conservatives (especially pro-life activists) are more vocal. Most students here come from upper-middle class backgrounds. Most students wear jeans and t-shirts to class, but one will see the occasional person wearing a business suit or a dress and high heels. Unlike the stereotypes about college kids, hardly anyone shows up to class wearing their pajamas (even at 7:30 in the morning).

Ok, I'm not answering all of these questions, but I'll give my summary. Everyone is broke, cuz we're in college. There seem to be racial cliques in many places on campus, but I have friends of all types. Although Purdue boasts that it has the most diverse campus in the country, it's still mostly caucasian. Casual clothing. It's Indiana, not California, so people are a little more down to earth and have different (in my opinion, better) priorities than just money. I don't mean to stereotype Californians, but after living there for a while, I found a lot of that.

This is Indiana, there are red-necks that don't know what class is, but for the most part groups are fine, and understanding. Students wear a vast range of clothes to class. Really, just about anything inside reason is worn. Different types of students interact all the time. I have lots of friends that are management types or elementary education types. The four tables in the dining hall.........just regular people. Most Purdue students are from the Chicago area, and Indiana. There are all kinds of financial backgrounds. A decent amount of students are politically aware. It reflects the same number of people that are in society, and lean towards the right. Students fo talk about how much they will earn one, of course.