University of Washington-Seattle Campus Top Questions

They have massive pride for their school and wear the colors proudly.

My classmates are generally easy to talk to about topics like the Seahawks and school spirit while also being hard workers and willing to put in the time during class for things like group projects.

My classmates are not culturally diverse and have difficulty in understanding my perspective on certain topics due to their lack of exposure to those various cultures, but are eager to learn and be exposed to them in order to understand.

The best way to describe the students at my school, would be human. Everyone is all apart of what the great Dalai Lama calls, the "global family". Everyone is happy and friendly and the community at the University of Washington is profoundly diverse and with that diversity it brings together the community and that also provides better insight to all situations.

they are extremely racist

I am a member of the LGBT community. The LGBT community at UW isn't very good; meeting people is difficult and the Q center is badly-run and exclusionary towards people who aren't inclined to write dissertations about the promlematization of invisibilities or what have you. It is very disconnected from reality. UW is not as racially diverse as it sometimes likes to portray itself but it could be worse. Most of the student body is white, and significant number are Asian. There do not seem to be that many lower-income students on campus. Most of the students are from Washington state; the out-of state students tend to come from Oregon, California, or Hawaii. There is a significant number of international students. A student who is not white or Asian might feel a part of a very small minority at UW. Lower income students might, as well. An apolitical student may feel out of place. A liberal arts major who is not into drinking would feel out of place, and so would a STEM student who does not have a ruthless personality. People from places with friendlier cultures usually feel out-of-place in the city of Seattle in general. Most of the nice people I met at UW have been from out-of-state or international students.

My classmates were too nerdy sometimes and did not know how to relax

Diverse mix of interesting people.

I continue to be surprised every single day by the diversity that the University of Washington supports. I know every school puts on the act that they're extremely diverse...I can tell you that it's not always true. But I will admit that the UW has it all. On any given walk to class you will see just about every ethnicity, stereotype, socio-economic class and clothing style you could think of. The atmosphere is casual and accepting and even though not everyone may hang out in harmony all the time, I feel as if the diversity is accepted and embraced and little judgement is passed between students.

Students range from dorm kids, to international students, to kids from the greek system. usually different types of students do not interact.