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Just as frustrated with Riders ability to help students as I am.

There was a few racist writing at Rider in the dorms which clean up damages were billed to the students accounts. Many of these students look like the type from the OC televison show. I guess it's because there really rich.

Rider is very diverse and embrasses that diversity.

Because of the small size all types of students interact with one another, at least with my experience. The majority of students I believe come from New Jersey.

Rider happens to be a very accpeting school. There are few to none situations in which discrimination is a problem. A majority of the students, however, are white. Most students are probably from upper-middle class families, with a portion of the students from lower class families who recieve a lot of financial aid from the university. Approximately 80{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students recieve some form of financial aid. There are many different types of studetns at Rider. You can see students wearing high heels to class to sweatpants. If it is an 8 am class, though, the majority of students are probably wearing their sweatpants. There are so many different types of students at Rider, it is hard to generalize about "Rider Students". I would say, though, that most are carrier oriented and are working for the goal of obtaining a job. it is always in the back of every student's mind. When it comes to being politically active, I would say that students are kept aware of what's going on, but you would probably never see a political protest on Rider's campus. I think the students are either too busy with clubs, sports, academics, and social lives to have a political rally, or they just don't care enough. However, students do have the time for funraising. It is never a challenge to find a community service or fund raising event to get involved with on Rider's campus. One of the most popular is the Thanksgiving baskets that get donated to the needy families in Trenton each year.

I don't think any student would feel out of place at Rider. There is a lot of diversity and a million different clubs to prove it. As for atire you see everything from pajamas someone wore the night before to a dress and heels. It really depends on what the person is doing with their day (working, only going to classes, making a presentation, etc.) .

Most students interact the best in class. You really do find the most amazing people in the classes you care the most about. Once you meet those people, you really feel at home.

Rider's student body probably consists of people from New Jersey and New York, and if they are from far away it's because they play a D1 sport. Rider's so small they everyone interacts at some point with each other. There seems to be a lot of nice cars in the parking lot, so I'd take a guess and say a lot of Rider's students got some money somewhere. Theres not much to say about the student body though, we're all students, some play sports, some read books, some drink 5 days a week, some have never touched a drop of booze in there lives, but we all have a good time. I would rather spend my summer at school than at home because I have so much fun there, especially at the PUB.

You'll always have those major clubs and orgs that dominate the whole campus. That's where most of the funding gets thrown to, while all the rest of the other clubs are left tiny amounts of funding from the budget. If you're interested in being part of a small-scale club, you'll have to struggle to get funding for your activities and what not. Usually, 'clicks' result from the different sports teams- I've seen close-knit groups consisting of basketballers, swimmers and hockey players. There's always the 'weird' table which sadly, gets made fun of all the time- But I think the 'weird' table doesn't care or doesn't know enough to bother about the jeering. Food. You get buffets for meals- it's not as grand as you'd think it to be. Food is generally greasy and fatty. I think Daly's Dining Hall wants to set a record in how much sodium/salt they can add to their food. There's not much choice for vegans and vegetarians either. Apart from the occasional healthy/good meal, hurray for Heart disease, diabetes and other life threatening illnesses.

The students at Rider get along in a way that some students at other campuses would never think of. Even though everyone has their own clicks, our student body is strong and has become closer over the past year due to certain unexpected incidents. (i.e.-deaths on campus).