I got into St. Louis University and it is one of my top choices but I am wondering how accepting and inclusive the university is. Is there a pretty good amount of LGBT students on campus? What is the gay life like there? I want to be able to have a good college experience without my sexuality being a factor. Also, how diverse is the campus ethnically? How big is the Asian-American group there?
@APbihh I would not say there is a “good amount” of LGBT students on campus; it’s a Catholic school and it’s in St. Louis. Do LGBT students exist at SLU? Yes. Is the campus generally tolerant of LGBT students? I think the answer is yes as well. There is an LGBT support group on campus.
There is a larger gay scene at Wash U and around the Loop, which isn’t too far away, so it’s not like you won’t be meeting any other LGBT students. There are definitely plenty of Asian-Americans, though. Lots of international students from China.
SLU is a very welcoming environment for both members of the LGBTQ community and for Asian-Americans. They both have fairly visible and active student groups on campus as you can see from their FaceBook pages:
Rainbow Alliance: https://www.facebook.com/SLURainbow/
Asian American Association: https://www.facebook.com/SLUAAA/
Of the 1,618 incoming full-time freshman class of Fall 2015, there were 201 students who identified themselves as Asian so that is fairly large population (over 12% of the class.) As a comparison only 49 identified as Black and 97 as Hispanic for that same incoming class. (From the 2015-2016 Fact Book: https://www.slu.edu/education/pdfs/caep/fact-book.pdf )
SLU is a very welcoming environment for both members of the LGBTQ community and for Asian-Americans. They both have fairly visible and active student groups on campus as you can see from their FaceBook pages:
Rainbow Alliance: https://www.facebook.com/SLURainbow/
Asian American Association: https://www.facebook.com/SLUAAA/
Of the 1,618 incoming full-time freshman class of Fall 2015, there were 201 students who identified themselves as Asian so that is fairly large population (over 12% of the class.) As a comparison only 49 identified as Black and 97 as Hispanic for that same incoming class. (From the 2015-2016 Fact Book: https://www.slu.edu/education/pdfs/caep/fact-book.pdf )
I’m an LGBT student at SLU and I have never once felt excluded because of my sexuality, but I also am careful as to which students I share it with. It is a very religious school and while nearly everyone I hang out with isn’t religious, the majority of students in my classes are. With that, sometimes you run into more conservative individuals (but this is far more rare). That being said, we have an amazing LGBT group and I see plenty of LGBT couples happy around campus. But, if you are hoping to have a huge dating pool, without being involved in our LGBT group, your options will be limited.