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UVM is a school that is increasing in diversity. In my experience, UVM has always tried to make all of it's students as comfortable as possible. Creating events that allow students to get to know eachother, being strict enforcers against bias events, and creating groups from which students, if they wish, can join and create close relationships. Each group of people is accounted for and discrimination is never an event that is taken lightly.

UVM is not really diverse at all, its pretty much consummated of laid back kids that didn't want to go to school with a bunch of meatheads. The parties here may not be as rowdy, but you're much less likely to deal with wanksters and annoying rich kids.

I felt extremely out of place the first few months I was living at UVM. However, I found a good group of friends and found a place to fit in. There are always different groups protesting something or another around campus from LGBT rights to racial rights and religious views. The way students dress is all over the spectrum. You can walk around campus in ANYTHING and feel totally fine. There have even been protests of naked people walking through campus and alot of students don't even think twice about it. As the sterotype of UVm would have you believe, there is alot of tye-dye around campus. I've found that most UVM students are from Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts. But i've also met students from California, Maryland, Texas, and even Montana. There are so many different types of people here it's unbelievable. But most everyboady gets along.

Very Liberal, sometime to much, especially the hippies. All rich hippies who have nothing better to do but to protest instead of doing something useful with their lives because mommy and daddy will bail them out. If you are conservative, stay away, your not welcome and will be ridiculed by the general populous. Most people come from NY, CT, MA and a few VT. Very white white white, and as I said, WAY to much money up here.

A bunch of white people. They range from the odd hick from out in the sticks of Vermont to very preppy. There are a large number of skiers and snowboarders. Many people are at least middle class.

I don't spend much time with my fellow students. I've made a few friends, and I like them. but I don't see the need to go joinging groups, and I don't have the time, I work 30 hours or more a week, so that doesn't leave a lot of time. as I said up there, most of the student body is intolerable. their converstations are vapid and shallow, and they can't seem to get over themselves. I think it should be a requirement that everyone take at least a year off to either work, or travel, or do anything to gain some real life experience and grow up a little bit. Even if you worked for a year and it sucked ass, you'd still be better off than if you hadn't done it at all. at least you know what to avoid in life.

L and L attracts a lot of groups, and it's great for people. As a minority, I rarely feel any issues with race. Those who limit themselves. varies. all the time. athletes, stoners, biddies, and other. There's slade, a place where students eat local and vegetarian. everywhere. biddies and bros. yeah. no.

The LGBT group runs UVM. Racial and socio-economic groups get a lot of support too, but nothing that compares with LGBT. Religious groups get little support from the administration and non-members and it seems that they're slowly being smothered. Conservative and religious students would be most likely to feel out of place. Most students wear casual clothes to class. No one dresses-up. There is a lot of interaction between different groups. If there were four tables in a dining hall, one would be occupied by an LGBT support group, another would be a group of student athletes, the third would be a group of vegans (normal vegetarians aren't good enough for UVM), and the fourth would be a non-descript group of students that don't want anything to do with tables one or three. It seems like about as many students come from New Jersey and New York City as Vermont. Out of staters tend to be wealthy (they have to be to afford tuition) while in-staters tend to be middle in the mid to low income range. UVM is very politically active, with a vast majority of students at the far left. I seldom hear students talking about how much they'll earn.

UVM is one of the most accepting places that I have ever been. I feel that it is a place for everyone, but it is predominantly white, so even though someone of color might be accepted easily, they might feel out of place. Most students wear clothes to class, but there is the naked bike ride... Most students are from out of state, which gives an opportunity to meet people from all over. MOst students are very liberal.

Everyone intereacts, people here are very very liberal, and mostly wealthy, students are very politically aware.