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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My daughter didn't think about diversity when finalizing her list but started to consider it late in the process. Which was kind of funny to me because all she really wanted when picking a school was a small rural college with a great environmental science program. Small/rural generally does not = racially diverse!

So, she was a bit apprehensive when she started there. She went to a very diverse HS, so a predominantly white school (she's white) seemed weird to her. However, I think in terms of life experience, she's actually experiencing a new kind of diversity that she needed to experience -- while the school does tend to lean left as most colleges do, there are also conservatives, even some Trump supporters. Much greater income diversity than she's known. Classmates in her environmental program include a lot of hunters who feel strongly about gun ownership. So, she's learning a lot of different perspectives and how to work with people with different views. She didn't really need to get experience with racial diversity - that's all she's ever known.

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Thanks for sharing your perspective, it's exactly what I've been wondering about.  I am the parent whose son is considering rural Ohio U and UNH, he loves the outdoors, and they both have Outdooor Studies minors.  He's half White, half Puerto Rican (looks very hispanic) and only lived in diverse areas.  Most of our family is racially mixed, all his cousins are half white/black or black/Hispanic, white/Asian, etc.  So he's never really been part of an all white community, he's not sure if he will feel comfortable, but there may be some benefits too.  Appreciate you sharing the other types of diversity.[/quote]

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