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Hard workers, able to balance work and social lives

Happy, fairly low-key kids that get stressed out about classes sometimes but definitely know how to have fun four nights a week!

Same as above.

My classmates are the future world leaders and I can't wait to see how they use their incredible intelligence to change the world.

My classmates are mostly upper middle class from private schools and like-minded ones tend to stick together.

WashU student body is generally very liberal. It is fairly diverse but unfortunately, I think it is self-segregated in the sense that all the African American students seem to hang together, all the Koreans hang together, etc. Of course, some people certainly mix and it seems less of a conscious decision to seperate, but nevertheless, I have noticed it. There are groups for LGBT and this year we had our 2nd annual drag show. It may not be as open as a school like Wesleyan, but I think people are aware. Financial backgrounds vary and many people do get financial aid as well as many people are very well-off.

The student body here is certainly diverse. Everyday I see several different races, and hear several different languages. Asians and Indians are the largest minorities. Wash U has a large Asian population. I don't know that statistic, but it seems like it must be like 20 to 30 percent. They tend to enjoy each others company, and there many strictly Asian groups on campus. Another prominent group, one that I did not expect, are Jewish students. Coming from Texas, it was a rarity to see a single Jew in a week. At WashU, though, Jews are an enormous portion of white students. I remember sitting at a table during orientation with nine people. Five of them were Jewish. This was unreal to me. Wash U is socioeconomically diverse. A large portion of students receive some form of financial aide. On a whole, though, the student body is wealthier than most.

people are pretty cool and really nice, there isn't too much emphasis on fraternities or sororities, you can be in them or not, it doesn't really matter. it's a really liberal campus but if you're religious you won't get made fun of or judged really, unless you start to talk about how you don't believe in evolution, then people will begin to look at you funny. people dress casual but a little preppy, but very hippie-like at all. apparently 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the population is on financial aid, but most people seem well off enough and most are looking to get in a career that will make them money, but also that they think will really fulfill them

Most students dress pretty casually on campus. Wearing a sweat shirt and jeans to class is pretty standard. But some people dress up a bit more or have their own personal style. Most WashU students are from the Midwest. There are a lot of people from Missouri and Illinois (Chicago suburbs). There are really students from all over the U.S., though. I'd say that most students are from very wealthy financial backgrounds. It can be frustrating when students have no concept of money and don't have to work. But there are definitely kids here who are on financial aid; there just aren't as many as you'd think there would be at a school that costs over $40,000/yr.

This Wash U is very open mind and accept everybody, except that I hate hate religion stuff, because they want to meddle with my life.