<p>Are students at Delaware nice, friendly, outgoing, down-to-earth, or are they spoiled brats, cliquey, snobbish, etc?</p>
<p>Thanks!!</p>
<p>... they may look like the "normal" upper middle class New York, New Jersey kids but from what I've found most people are really friendly and willing to help you. There is quite a bit of wealth but I don't feel like kids flaunt it like they do at some schools. I get the impression that we're all just there to have fun and get an education. It isn't very diverse and that kind of bothers me but people seem to blend well and I don't see or hear of much discrimination.</p>
<p>i already like the people there just after my orientation - are you a senior in high school next year?</p>
<p>yeah im going to be a senior. my only reservation about delaware is the people. uppitty middle class kids with their parents $$ and form cliques that only talk to one another in the same clique for 4 years bothers me. thats how my high school is and i dont want college to be the same way. the student body is a HUGE factor in my college decision.</p>
<p>It's not like that. There are so many normal down to earth people at DE. I am even involved in the greek scene and there are people like you describe, but there are also many who are not. At pretty much every college you can find a group of people that you will fit in with. Being happy depends on how much you try and how open you are.</p>
<p>Delaware has a student body that is rich in diverse thought and experience. The people I know who went there were outstanding students. Some were well-off and some weren't. Some were the prom queen's while most were not. </p>
<p>Delaware is not a cliquey type school - you'll have students that are interested in certain student organizations or groups that will tend to hang out together but the cool thing about Delaware is that most students are involved in more than one thing so their circles of friends vary greatly. </p>
<p>If you asked me, I think Delaware offers a happier environment over Rutgers, Penn State and Maryland. I'd say go and spend an afternoon on campus and see what you like - do an overnight visit if you need to - I think you'd be surprised about how unique the student body is.</p>
<p>Good luck in your search. :)</p>
<p>My experience is that the majority are rich snobs...but with all the people there, you'll have no problem finding your own group of nice, down-to-earth people. But it definitely doesn't feel like an academic environment.</p>
<p>Expand on how it "doesn't feel like an academic environment"</p>
<p>I think the quality of students is quite strong and I think 'academic environment' completely depends on who you hang out with - just like at any other school. 'Academic environment' of an entire school is a social construct associated with name, selectivity and prestige for most people on CC. If that held true, only about 1% of colleges in the US have an 'academic environment'. </p>
<p>It very much depends on who you hang out with and who you surround yourself with. I know many people that have conversations about from string theory to global economics, mathematical quandries to Kierkegaard, Camus to social stratification, modren environmental challenges to the chemical composition of chocolate. :) With the right people, a dumpster can be an academic environment. </p>
<p>The cool thing is, most of those people can hold their own in a social environment at the bars on saturday night.</p>