Diversity

<p>I come from a very wealthy, white, and preppy community/high school and I really want to get away from that in college. Is conn as homogenous as it's rumored to be?</p>

<p>definitely not. they are making huge efforts to increase diversity, and many of the most popular events on campus are thru the asian students group, black students group, and latino/a students group. there is also a large international student presence.
recently, they started a whole interdisciplinary program focused on diversity/pluralism: <a href="http://aspen.conncoll.edu/camelweb/index.cfm?fuseaction=ccnews&id=1619%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://aspen.conncoll.edu/camelweb/index.cfm?fuseaction=ccnews&id=1619&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I would not neccessarily say "definitely not" - I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the campus through Connecticut's Explore Weekend for people from diverse backgrounds. But the campus is definitely, a predominantly white campus. That does not mean though that Connecticut doesn't make a concerted effort to increase the diversity of its campus, slowly but surely. And while I was there, there were numerous multicultural events that happened. But still - largely a white school. A lot of minorities who end up applying to Connecticut also apply to other similar schools, but may end up going to those other schools so the yield - despite many of Connecticut's recruitment efforts can be low. There is definitely still room for improvement in the diversity department, but Connecticut makes minorities feel welcome!</p>