Heh, this was not my experience at all. I knew several very diverse groups, basically made up of random people that met in the dorms. Of course, I have to admi

Heh, this was not my experience at all. I knew several very diverse groups, basically made up of random people that met in the dorms. Of course, I have to admit that my friends are actually fairly alike: almost all are EECS with some other engineers thrown in. But this does not reflect most of the groups I knew in the dorms. (Also, ignoring the EECS/engineering bent, my best friends are also a fairly diverse group.)