<p>Hi, I'm from Southern California and I've always wanted to go to Georgia if I couldn't stay in California. I've been looking for colleges there and University of Georgia sounds wonderful. However, I've been worried about diversity. People in Southern California are very "nontraditional" (I guess is the best way to put) and when they come from Georgia they say that it is very prejudice and not diverse. I don't know if it is just personal experience or the way the state is. I wanted to know if the University is diverse (racially) and an other comments.
Thanks! :)</p>
<p>Since the Olympics in 1996, the diversity in the state has grown so much. UGA is one of those schools that promotes diversity and Athens is a very liberal town.</p>
<p>I agree with cb21--ever since the 1996 Olympics, the diversity has grown enormously. Although I have never been on campus, I go to one of UGA's top feeder schools and it is very diverse :) You'll find some prejudiced people, but that's true almost everywhere.</p>
<p>People in Athens are probably as nontraditional as the people in California- there's a very strong artsy/alternative/what have you streak here. For instance, there's an organic grocery co-op across the street from my apt. and there are plenty of restaurants and bars that cater to the "townie" crowd too, so I don't think you'd need to worry about that aspect. </p>
<p>UGA is very ideologically diverse- it seems rare to find a school at which I can legitimately say all opinions are fairly well represented, but UGA does a good job of that. At a recent joint College Republicans/Young Democrats meeting, there were tons of different views exchanged that spanned the whole ideological spectrum- I was really impressed to see just how many viewpoints were represented. While a lot of students are from suburbs of Atlanta, there are also many from smaller towns throughout GA who provide an interesting perspective on the rural vs. urban discontinuity.</p>
<p>Campus life thrives with diversity, but the ethnic and cultural groups tend to stay together though. I have sat for hours at the cafeteria and library and although welcoming, they still stay cose to their own, so I feel ther is a long way to go, but better from what it was in the past.</p>
<p>are you kidding me? UGA has the largest conservative cult</p>
<p>Bubbly, Are you referring to me? because I'm actually hinting what you just said! that's why I said there is a long way to go!</p>
<p>Racially, I don't think it's that diverse (I'm Asian). There are a bunch of white people, but it's the south, not California (especially southern california). My parents live in California, so I'm actually typing this now from a town about 1.5hrs north of LA. If you go to UGA, just realize that there's going to be a lot of white people...a lot of white people. But don't worry, it won't seem like there's a lot of them because they all look the same after a while <em>laughs</em> I mean, not because they're white...you just end up seeing the same people. Literally...and everybody does start to look the same, no matter what ethnicity you are. But I'd say there are still a good number of minorities here. I think hispanic is the least represented though (haha...it'll be different from socal!)</p>
<p>Politically, ideologically, etc, etc, I do believe it's diverse. It's not hard to find people who think the same way you do, and it's not hard to find people who don't think the same way you do. However, while UGA is politically diverse, Georgia as a whole is not.</p>