All the professors I have met seem to know us by name, even in large classes. I don't participate much so I am surprised to hear them call me by name. They are very enthusiastic and passionate about their subjects, which makes classes a lot of fun.

I like that the students are interested in what we're learning but aren't all caught up in GPA competition.

Most students white, heterosexual, and middle class or higher. It feels like an accepting campus in general, but I'm not sure anyone in the minority would really feel accepted at Colby since the ratios are nothing like an acurrate popluation sample. I think half the kkids went to private schools.

People where whatever to class - either something cute and mainstream or just comfy. Not many people get all dressed up - we all wear either jeans or sweatpants most of the time. But I alos think not many people dress as creatively as high school students do. I haven't seen many wiith streaked hair or anything outrageous like that.

We do have groups of friends but it's not really a heirarchy of popularity. There are some cliques, but I don't know if it's all teammates and clubmates and such. My friends are all in a group, but we don't really have one thing in common to make us a clique.

the campus is mostly left-wing

I'm involved in performing arts, and I feel like we're pretty popular. The departments may be small, but we have a ton of students interested in seeing our shows. The problem I have with the theatre department is that they always pick shows with small casts and don't seem to care about giving more people a chance.

Friendly, kind, intelligent, fun-loving, energetic, preppy, upper-class, accepting

The first five are accurate. I feel like upper-class is accuarte in terms of stats, but they don't act snobby or superior for the most part. My first impression of Colby was that students weren't as preppy as I was afraid they'd be, but I have begun to question that. I often feel like the oddball in the group because I'm anti-preppy and maybe even partially emo. In terms of acceptance, I feel like the school is tolerant of different kinds of people, but there really isn't much diversity on campus.