Roanoke College Top Questions

Describe the students at your school.

Tyler

Most of my classmates are friendly and take academics seriously. Also, most of my classmates are from the same demographic background as I am.

Rebecca

My classmates are a diverse group of hardworking individuals - some are my peers, while others are aquaintances.

marissa

Everyone seems to be friendly.

Phillip

There's a lot of variety; some are unintelligent lazy bums, some are hardworking and brilliant.

Tyler

At Roanoke College, my classmates are very intellectual and engaging due to the rigorous education that Roanoke College provides; more so than I have encountered at other schools that I have attended.

Tyler

There is geographical diversity among the students at Roanoke College. The atmosphere with the students is one of a caring community that comes together to optimize learning and support one another. There are alot of students from the northern states, local students, and even foreign exchange students that have come to Roanoke to study for a year or semester. Among the diverse, there is community and unity.

Emily

Very hard working, A+ students, Many are hard drinkers

Courtney

My classmates are always open to giving a helping hand, genuine in their advice and responses in not only the classroom but everyday situations, and ready to commit to the classwork that has been assigned to them.

Samantha

Because of the small number of students per class, professors and students are able to form a community that values thoughtful debates, volunteering, and positive relationships with one another.

Margaret

My Classmates are driven and hardworking, and help me strive to be my best.

Sean

My classmates are very different at Roanoke College. While ethnically Roanoke may not be the most diverse, acadamically it is a different story. You get a wide range of indivuals who clearly barely got into the school, to those who don't give any effort and just make it by, to those who can really do well for themselves

Caitlyn

A bit hard to approach outside of the classroom setting. Many of them go to class and take notes but it's hard to have a class discussion when the class remains silent. They come from money and decent educational backgrounds, but sometimes they can't connect the dots very well, so to speak.

Emily

Some may seem that they are more entitled than others but overall most of my classmates are friendly and supportive.

ryan

My classmates are my group of peers that I will become very close with in the next four years while I am at school.

Heather

My classmates are the funniest, most genuine, artisitic, craziest, blow your mind in a double rainbow kind of way people I know and I wouldn't trade the experience of meeting them for anything in the world.

Katrina

My classmates are humorous, hard-working, entertaining, intelligent, and are always there when you need them for any reason.

Jennifer

they are all helpful and understanding.

Courtney

They are the best friends i could ever have met, and everyone fits in with everyone.

Alex

While Roanoke has a reputation for having a "cookie-cutter" student body, this is certainly not the case. Minorities of all types interact well with the student body. There is a place for everyone on Roanoke's campus and I don't believe anyone would feel out of place if they took the time to get involved. About half of the student population are native Virginians, with a majority of the rest hailing from the Mid-Atlantic and New England areas. This diversity allows for a very politically-balanced campus as many students come from both red and blue states. Generous financial aid packages accommodate students of all financial backgrounds.

Chris

Just to be blunt... we are pretty white but I've got some black friends around school. A lot of students are very well-to-do but not terribly flashy about it. We are a Lutheran affilliated school but its not enforced at all. Roanoke is about {4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}50 Virginian. Most of the others are from New England (Connecticut, Boston, Vermont mainly.) We are not overly political but it is a somewhat conservative school.

Brent

My classmates at Roanoke College tend to be from wealthy, New England families and generally only associate with similar-looking/dressed people.

Heather

Friendly, Social

Jessica

My classmates at Roanoke College were friendly, personable, and open to new ideas within the class and topic.

John

Drunken, white, preppy, collar-popped party animals living on daddy's dime

Michael

The classmates I know well really like to party.

Alyssa

Determined to succeed but willing to enjoy college.

Carly

classmates are overwhelming white upper middle class people whose parents went to Roanoke and are more or less not pressured to p erform well or seek post-graduate education.

Courtney

Upper middle class, mostly white

Bethany

They are friendly but do not talk a lot during class.