<p>is it primarily female? are there very quantitative types there? are a lot of them vegetarian?</p>
<p>and are a lot of them misanthropic? (since we all know what humanity has done to the environment)</p>
<p>I’m taking summer classes right now. There’s a guy living on my floor that’s one. He’s not vegetarian but kind of acts like a hippie/punk guy.</p>
<p>I think it would depend heavily on where the college is/what kind of students it attracts. I’m in a CC offering an associate’s degree in environmental science, and a LOT of the kids in my classes are outdoorsy, hunting, socially conservative, redneck guys. (Mostly guys, but there are some girls too. A lot of whom are also outdoorsy, hunters, and socially conservative.) They aren’t dumb (well, most of them aren’t), but they tend to have a very direct, “vocational” outlook on life . . . They want to get a good job in an outdoor setting, don’t want to be locked in an office, and wouldn’t see the point of, say, philosophy classes. </p>
<p>I imagine if you looked at a more liberal school like Evergreen State College, you’d find a lot more save-a-tree type people who absolutely salivate over philosophy classes. It just draws a different type of student. </p>
<p>None of my classmates are vegetarian, that I know of. They aren’t any more misanthropic than any other group of people. In fact, they tend to be very personable and friendly. Are they quantitative? Hmm . . . good question. I would say the ones interested in forestry are more quantitative than the ones more interested in wildlife. In forestry it’s all about measurements, estimating board feet and how long it will take a forest to regenerate after it’s logged, etc. Wildlife is far more nebulous in terms of figures, since animals move around/hide/don’t stand still for a hundred years like a tree does.</p>
<p>^ Wow, very interesting</p>
<p>I’ll probably be one - I’m an outdoorsy, curious, outgoing (treehugging) liberal. I’d like to think of myself as pretty friendly and open. Although I’m not a vegetarian (I love bacon too much…), I do try to consume less meat. I don’t think I’m misanthropic, but I do find ecosystems and ecology in general really fascinating…</p>