<p>Question about the social life — I've heard that SCU isn't very economically diverse. How do you think this affects student life? Is SCU ethnically diverse?</p>
<p>Like other schools, SCU has a plethora of student organizations to choose from, but without joining a club, how easy is it to find people that aren't on extreme ends of the drinker vs. thinker spectrum?</p>
<p>To be honest, SCU is the most economically diverse, because of the extremely high tuiton. However, SCU is usually very generous with scholarship/grant/financial aid money(mine included) which does allow for a pretty diverse student body. In terms of ethnic diversity, it is quite good; the 9 multicultural clubs on campus have a strong presence, and nearly half of the student body is non-white.</p>
<p>As for your other question, I think it is extremely easy to find people that are in the middle. Because Santa Clara is a relatively difficult school to get into and has a healthy party scene, you get people who study hard and play hard. People are smarter than your average Joe, but at the same time, love to relieve stress on the weekends. I’d say its harder to find people who are on extreme ends of the spectrum.</p>
<p>^claremont’s tells it like the way it is. SCU is great when it comes to balance: strong academics without too much back-breaking stress; smart students without many arrogant jerks; students involved with the community, yet a strong on-campus presence; great location (silicon valley) with plenty of job opportunities while still strong recruitment in many fields.</p>
<p>Bumping an old interesting thread…</p>
<p>impressions from my older daughter, who is in college in So Cal, is that girls are much more low key and down to earth at SCU - lots of girls at her school get dressed and made up for classes everyday</p>
<p>met with a tutor yesterday who got her PhD at Stanford, and teaches there, and also now teaches a class at Santa Clara. She said she was very, very impressed with SCU, and that everyone was so so nice there. Nice to hear from someone (both a student and a professor!) from Stanford!</p>