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As soon as I got to campus, I joined PRISM and the UMW Dems. I loved it. Really, no student would feel left out from the rest of the students, because there are tons of different clubs and things to do with people. Different types of students do interact, but they generally stay in their own groups.

The student body is a good split of southern conservatives from the old Virginia as well as forward-thinking liberals from all over the country. Students for a Democratic Society is a newly active organization on campus, organizing an alternative represenation to Student Government. There is a multi-cultural fair each spring, but UMW showcases diversity daily, despite the stereotype of a white, female-dominated campus. Although females are in the majority, this campus' ratio of girls to guys is not unlike other public schools across the nation. There are no big sororities or fraternitites and no football games, so students look to other clubs and activities to occupy their time. There are a number of intermural and club sports teams which students also belong to.

Most of the students are white, so other students might feel out of place at this university. Also, 1/3 of the students come from Northern Virginia, and another 1/3 come from the rest of Virginia. The rest of the students come from various states, with Maryland and Northeastern states being popular. Most of the students are from middle-class backgrounds. Like any other college, there are many liberal students, but there are some conservatives and many other moderates as well. People do seem to have thier own cliques of friends, but you can certainly make friends with a lot of other people. The student body as a whole is very nice. A lot of students give up their time to do community service activities.

Weak, not involved too much

the students that would feel out of place at mary washington include goth types, sci/fi nerds, and those who take Hollister/Abercrombie to the extreme. Be prepared to be judged. Students wear pretty nice clothes to class, but on rainy days it's definitely sweats and rainboots. The students are from Northern Virginia and New Englands - thus J.Crew and Ralph Lauren all the way. Financial backgrounds - parents usually rather well off and don't mind giving thier kid tvs, cars, and cash.

I think that diversity on our campus has been a big problem for some time. The major issue with diversity has been mostly due to a stagnant Board of Visitors. It is only until more recently that they have been confronting the issue of diversity more seriously. Most people are pretty well off at UMW. However, it is a relatively affordable college, so you can find diversity there. I would say the majority of the campus is left-wing. However, the atmosphere can make it seem otherwise. You have a lot of people who pretend they don't care either way, although they obviously do. You can find all sorts of people with interesting perspectives on life.

UMW is a predominately "white, middle class, christian" school. There are minorities on campus, and most of them are all friends. I personally know many asians on campus. Most students are from Northern Virginia, NOVA. Practically EVERYONE.

most students are mid-upper white people that wear popped collars and flip-flops to class, there are a lot of cliques as well, sometimes it reminds me of high school (in a negative way) most students are apathetic and lazy and only a few are politically active (other than gay rights)

UMW is not a racial diverse student body. Minorities make up between 5-10 of the student population. The student body is also about 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} female which in some settings becomes extremely recognizable. However, in all other aspects the student body is pretty heterozygous. There are all different religous, socioeconomic, and political backgrounds on campus. Everyone can find someone to click with.

i think that umw has so many different groups of people that nobody would feel left out. seriously there as sooooooooooo many different peopkle. there is def a place for everyone. to class it does nto matter what u wear some day i feel like getting all cute and other days i wear what i rolled out of bed in( haha).

Our campus is a little sadly homogenius (mostly white upper middle class Christian). Mostly reasonably liberal.

UMW has it all. From the bleeding-heart liberals to the hard-core conservatives. I feel that anyone can find like-minded groups of individuals at UMW. The student body is extremely diverse but somewhat clique like. UMW has under 10{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} black and latino students so the school is not very racially diverse.

Students at UMW are very politcally active and aware. Young Democrats and College Republicans are the two major campus clubs that are politically active. There is also an Anarchist Club. The student body is not very racially diverse. Most are white, upper-middle class. Some well-known groups on campus are the Fencers (seen as weird), the Drama majors (also seen as weird and annoying), all the different groups of athletes, the Frat (fake, unrecognized by the university, and consists mostly of gross guys trying to get with freshman girls...or any girl for that matter), the Overachievers (who are over-involved, some are disliked, some are loved), and the rest of us. While these groups do exist, students mix and intermingle.

That is one great thing about UMW, no student feels out of place. Our school has a very high count of Homo sexuality and most if not all people here on campus are ok with that, or they just get used to it. Most UMW students are from Northern Virginia with a lot of money.

There are a lot of racial issues are UMW. For the most part, the minorities stick together. The University has allowed this to happen by setting up minority only programs. I think this is bad for the student body. Sometimes I feel out of place at UMW, because I do not have as high of a socio-economic status as most students on campus. I have learned to overcome this and I have realized there are many students like me. The students, especially the athletes at UMW often find themselves seperating from the rest of the student body. Students are very politically aware since we are so close to Washington, D.C. The conservative and liberal people seem to balance out, but there are often heated political debates on campus.

The LGBT group, PRISM, is REALLY cliquey and not really worth going to if you're just trying to meet people. The topics of discussion are interesting, though. Most of the club meetings are interesting, you just have to GO. Everyone is pretty informal most of the time.

The student body of Mary Washington is not diverse in the least bit. The advent of the new university president, though, should bring a new era of diversity to the Mary Washington community, as this is one of the new president's crowning achievements at her prior position.

most mary wash students are from virginia but there are also large populations from new jersey and massachusetts. most of the student body is white and that seems to be seen as major problem by the administration. in my opinion, there is way too much focus on race as far as the administration goes, making it more of an issue than it is. i don't know if this makes sense but i feel like they are almost reversely racist, providing tons of opportunities and events geared blatantly toward minorities while not providing the same opportunities for white students. there is a large gay/lesbian population on campus and the administration is also understanding and supportive of them but does not throw nearly as much money or put nearly as much effort into pleasing them as they do minorities. the atmosphere on campus in general is pretty laid back. not many people dress up for class and when the weather is nice, a lot of people spend time outside and the campus really comes alive.

There are two groups of people on campus. The ones who primarily go out on the weekends who take early morning classes, then the weird people who dont start class until the middle of the afternoon.

The college is very open minded about life style choices. Predominatley Republican.