<p>The student body seems fairly diverse.. (is it??)
but those of you who are students at WashU, would u say the campus is racially segregated? Is that very noticeable, or do ppl get along with everyone in general?
very curious</p>
<p>i went down to visit washU for their diversity weekend.
now, i can only compare my visit to university of arizona and princeton, but from what i saw and heard it is somewhat segregated.
my host generally only hung out with other black people. when we were at the cafe around 2 o'clock in the morning it was loaded with people, and it was quite obviously segregated (i'm talking an entire section with just black people, a table with asians, ect.)
however, it was also quite obvious that people got along with each other...there didn't seem to be any tension or dislike towards other groups.</p>
<p>i brought this up with random people i talked to on campus. it was pretty evenly split between people who thought the campus was segregated and those who didn't.
but when you put it into perspective, there will be self-segregation at any campus. </p>
<p>anyways, that's all the info i can give you from my weekend visit. i felt like even though i didn't see a lot of mixed groups that the school and the students were all accepting and welcoming. in the end, it's up to the individual to cross any boundaries that may present themselves.</p>
<p>yay WashU!!!!</p>
<p>Self-segregation does occur occasionally. I don't know... I'm completely guessing here, but it might be somewhat of a product of the strong ethnic student groups on campus and students making friends within those groups. I wouldn't say its a problem, there's little to no racial tension on campus.</p>
<p>"it was also quite obvious that people got along with each other...there didn't seem to be any tension or dislike towards other groups."
"in the end, it's up to the individual to cross any boundaries that may present themselves."
-2legit2quit</p>
<p>Although I am not a student, I agree with 2legit2quit. My daughter is a freshman (caucasian, Jewish from upstate NY) who CHOSE to room with a girl (black, Christian, from Georgia) she met two summers ago at a residential program in Chicago. Despite their vastly different backgrounds, they are as close as can be and hang out with each other's friends, white, black, and everything in between.</p>