# How many college kids on this board? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 6, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931 "2004-06-06T07:07:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931/21 "2004-06-07T21:10:00Z")
I expect to be in college for the next 38 years. Given that college students have Internet access to a disproportionate degree, and that this board appeals largely to an educated demographic, I would expect college students to make up a very large portion of the board (larger than one could assess from a poll thread). ---
**Author:** ![jellytoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb9ed0/32.png) [@jellytoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellytoes)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931/22 "2004-06-07T21:39:47Z")
College? Yes Kid? No. ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931/23 "2004-06-07T22:54:01Z")
Actually, \*\*Chronos’ [/quote] point has brought up another good question: What was really the point of this thread? If it was to attempot to factually acertain the percentage of college students on the Boards who are of the “accepted” college age, I think it’s failed. If it is to try to work up some demographics, quite honestly I think it’s in the wrong forum because nobody will se it up here. One way or the other, people who are not interested in “fighting ignorance” will not remain here long, and even those who participate on these boards are educated to a far greater degree than myself will likely be continuing in such, and so I think we should get a reason for the thread, lest it either continue for no good reason or be forgotten. OP: Please let us know what the beef is and we’ll try to help you out. Otherwise, I think it’s far too great a subject for a simple, “Hey, who are you?” Mods, please scold me if I’m wrong, but I think if the OP is looking for factual info he/she needs to specify for study purposes. Otherwise the whole thing is pretty pointless. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931/24 "2004-06-08T02:25:11Z")
posted by **Gorgon Heap** > [@](#): > > - If it is to try to work up some demographics, quite honestly I think it’s in the wrong forum because nobody will se it up here.\* I didn’t put it here. 😃 > [@](#): > > - > > Mods, please scold me if I’m wrong, but I think if the OP is looking for factual info he/she needs to specify for study purposes. Otherwise the whole thing is pretty pointless.\* No study purposes. > [@](#): > > _OP: Please let us know what the beef is and we’ll try to help you out. Otherwise, I think it’s far too great a subject for a simple, “Hey, who are you?”_ As I said in the OP, just curious. Curious to see whom I’m debating with - among others. If someone can open a thread asking about “middle class” dopers, surely this is allowed? But, by all means: Close this thread. I think I got the picture. Thanks all. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931/25 "2004-06-08T02:30:58Z")
**gum** , there is actually a thread in … IMHO? … about Dopers being predominently middle-class, so you might want to check that out. As for **xash** … I’m sorry. I’m still not used to you being a Mod. ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2004, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931/26 "2004-06-08T02:56:08Z")
**Gorgon Heap** I know about the middle class thread. That’s why I gave it as an example. But thank you. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-college-kids-on-this-board/248931.md?page=1)