University of Washington-Seattle Campus Top Questions

The kind of student who would fit in well at UW is the kind who isn't afraid to go out and get what they want. The wallflower might not feel as at home, after all it is a busy environment, and no one is going to offer you things, you have to go after it yourself. The student body is very diverse, there are all sorts of racal, economic, financial, and religious backgrounds. There are many diverse political opinions in Washington as well, although more left than right. But political activism is no stranger to the campus, students protest frequently. Some students even caused UW coffee shops to start serving free trade coffee.

The students are UW are mostly liberal and are definitely different than what I am used to seeing in South Carolina. Many students dress quite simple. However, there are the fashionable ones. Sometimes I will look and dress nice for class if I feel up to it. Mostly though, especially having class at 8:30 in the morning, i usually just throw on sweatpants and head to class. Many of the students that attend Washington are either from Washington or California. Many of my friends whom I met this year were from these two states. Many students seem very well off. I never really met anyone who seemed to not have a family that was well-off. Overall, I love the students here. I have met so many people as a freshman and I only plan on meeting more this coming year.

The UW student body is a melange of personalities. Students come to classed dressed in sweatpants, to pantsuits. Diversity is high, in terms of race, religion, and economic status alike.

WHITE. Everyone is white, or asian and Christian.

I am brown, people are great. I am far more racist than them. Everyone is poor on campus so money matters less. The divisions usually are commuters vs. residents. Commuters being the socially impaired since they can't chill at night with their friends. Very politically liberal. Unless you like playing devil's advocate, if you are conservative be wary of coming here.

A lot of the students come from near UW, but that doesn't mean that the out-of-state population is "small." It's NOT a commuter campus. UW is definitely politically active; overall the campus leans to the left. But this means the true radicals and the conservative students have to fight for attention. I think that makes those groups even more out-spoken, visible, and controversy-driven-- they feel like they have to be that way to be to be heard over all the left-leaning-but-mostly-moderate students. While a public university, and while many students receive financial aid, a lot of students have the "entitlement" mentality. Most students have their parents pay for everything, so either their parents are taking out loans, or they are the mid-upper end of the income spectrum.

i'm very active in the latin@ community on campus as well as the Q community. i have friends who are part of many communities and i try and also work on solidarity issues and the need for our coming together especially as marginalized peoples. i think many students claim their liberal but are secretly quite conservative as is much of seattle. they hide their racism, homophobia, transphobia, sexism, ableism, etcetera by claiming a progressive front. there are many students of middle and upper socio-economic classes and also many of lower classes, such as myself. many students only want to graduate and make money. their goals are twisted because i see my goal as giving back to my communities rather than making money.

Our student body is definitely very diverse, there are probably every different races, religions, politics, etc on campus. I don't think anyone would feel out of place on campus because of the diversity. There are friends for everyone and everyone is very nice and welcoming. Since we do live in Washington there are a lot more students who are liberal but there are definitely some who are conservative. Financial backgrounds range from extremely rich to fairly poor. LIke I said there is a mixture of everything on campus and no one would feel out of place.

A good amount of the Asians on campus are really annoying. They have anti white male rallies and whatnot which are blatantly racist and greatly offend me. I often feel like a minority in my own country. There are of course, a good number of integrated Asians who don't have problems with anybody and visa versa, but a large amount of the Asian population is very anti social to anybody but themselves. Also, there are a lot of hippies. That is to be expected in Seattle though, or the PNW in general. If you're a gun toting Bush loving right wing conservative this probably isn't a great place for you. If you voice your opinion you'll probably be scoffed at by... everybody, including your professors.

Lots of segregation among races. Mainly the asian students all stick together, of course there are those mainly second generation that are quite friendly but many international students i've met are just rude or unfriendly. Everyone all girls wear north face and uggs mainly, but i would say that really the only attractive girls at the entire school are either in a sorority or live in some similar off campus arrangement. Pretty much ask any guy and agree that UW's eye candy is very low in comparison to other major universities.