University of California-Riverside Top Questions

UC Riverside has the lowest admissions standards, so it doesn't come as a surprise that the student body is largely unimpressive. Student demographics vary strongly depending on which college you belong to (CHASS, COE, or CNAS). If you're in CHASS, then it's a safe bet that 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} people you'll meet in your classes are slow-minded, a bore (and sometimes a pain) to converse with, and not worthy of any networking efforts. As a general rule, there are two classes of people on campus: People from San Francisco, San Diego, Orange County and the nicer parts up and down the coast will be drawn to each other and develop friendships, while ignoring students who are from hometowns with lower estate value (especially Riverside natives).

There are students of all kinds at UCR. Racial, religious, LGBT, fraternity/sorority, and other groups fill the campus. You are bound to identify with one of the groups. It is a very friendly campus where there is a friend for everyone. There is a cooperative feeling that is not found at other campuses that extends from the students to other students, professors, and everyone at the university. Students are not very politically active, although if you would like to show off your "Buck Fush" t-shirt or "Free Tibet" stickers, there are plenty of people to hang out with at the cafeteria. Most students would say the university is quite liberal (I have never met a conservative or even right-of-center professor, but who has), there are some pretty active Young Republicans that you can see in-person. The student body is slightly divided, with common groups broken up by majors and ethnic claims, but it is probably less divided than other campuses. GO TO UCR to see what it is like... don't take my word for it.

UC Riverside needs to improve on student body activities as well as increasing the pride that Student's have about their Campus. I think that a lot of the responsibility to increase student pride should be on the UC Regents that hold all the funds. Building more food locations, more activities outside of Campus, nicer bars, etc. would be a great boost for UC Riverside. They recently built an entirely new Commons area which is a huge improvement from what it used to be.

The socio-economic mix is significant in that we have people from the tough parts of California and those that partied in Orange county and so could not gain admission into a better school, the dichotomy of personality, race, wealthy, status, and background is vast. A case study would be PAD-we have Persians, WASPs, Latinos, African Americans, Koreans, Chinese republicans and dems though many more dems than republicans and that is true of the entire school. Lower middle class and upper lower class would be the norm, but there many upper middle class as well. Most students at politically apathetic and if active leftist, many want their degrees just for a job, but others don't so it depends. There are many race oriented organizations so if you wish to isolate yourself you can, but many groups don't have race as a criteria as honors or PAD and a few others-I never affiliate with the bigoted and racist ones-but they exist if you want only people of your color-many spew PC nonsense and only encourage petty ideology. These are in the minority as many who come here have friend of all colors and creeds so know that before you come.

UCR has a very diverse group of people. I believe eastern people would feel out of place because there are not many of them on campus. People dress very casual to school, jeans and a t-shirt. Most students stay around others who are similar to them or have a common interest. Most of the students are from LA and inland empire area. Most of the students here are pretty spoiled.

i dono, neveer heard about them doing anything other than being voted..... which shows that they are not active.

Diversity is UCR's strongest suit. The biggest, most active groups on campus are typically the Pilipino/Filipino Student Organization (Katipunan), Nigerian Student Association (NSA), MEChA and Chinese Student Association (CSA). But it goes beyond ethnicities. There is a really well-regarded LGBTI resource center, a great Women's Resource office, and good student organizations/departments in support of Jewish & Muslim students/programs. We are all generally students who either owe our education to grants & loans, or students who work way too many jobs to pay for their tuition. There aren't many rich people, and the ones that are there don't really seem to flaunt it all the time. It builds a more down-to-earth, humble yet uncertain student body.

The composition of diversity at UC Riverside is one that seeks to education everyone about his/her cause. Riverside is a great place to learn about different people and different lifestyles. The idea that someone would not fit at UC Riverside is hard to imagine because we are so diverse that anyone can find their nitch on campus.