Brown University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

King

Tree-hugging, cannabis-smoking, LGBTQ-tolerating liberal intellectuals

King

Tree-hugging, cannabis-smoking, LGBTQ-tolerating liberal intellectuals

Jonathan

Brown students are hippie liberals who smoke weed a lot and major in basketweaving or something "useless" in the humanities.

Rory

Hipster, Hippies, Spoiled rich kids, fashionistas, jocks, super smart, laid-back, down to earth

Jimmy

We're supposed to be radical liberal tree huggers and super-activist who end up doing relief work in Darfur or door-to-door campaigning for Barack Obama. Crunchy and unshaven women populate the naked party and we all smoke a lot of weed. We're the most gay friendly, and the most diverse of the Ivies. The list goes on...but you get the point.

Harper

That we're hippies and unbelievably liberal.

Taylor

Hippies, unorganized, unfocused

Steph

-Brown's very unstructured -students are hippies who smoke a lot of weed -students are smart but also weird -everyone is very independent

Harper

potheads, fun, liberal, hippies, accepting, LOTS of school spirit, open atmosphere, amazing faculty, open curriculum, choice, HAPPY STUDENTS!!

Emily

Hipster, Hippies, Yuppies, Rich, Liberal, Pot-Heads, Politically involved

alex

The stereotypical Brown student is smart, but overprivileged. They are politically liberal, and adopt a cause (children in Africa, Tibetian government, etc.) in order to compensate for their own privileged birth. They are non-religious or only loosely so.

Alex

people think that Brown students are either hippy kids or rich kids.

Alex

That we're super-hippy and liberal, or that we're very adventurous. Brown is the "cool Ivy," where there are no requirements.

Felipe

Despite bringing in a multitude of people - people of distinct races, regions of the world, economic statuses, etc. - the majority does tend to be rather affluent, which isn't a bad thing, necessarily. There was always a saying that I've heard Brown students say: "Harvard students - they want to RULE the world. Brown students - they want to SAVE the world." Brown's students tend to be very active in community service and in matters that revolve around aid and help. Coincidentally, one of the more popular majors at Brown is the International Relations track, where one can focus on the field of, let's say, Global Security.

Michelle

On the negative side, Brown is often referred to as the "ghetto" Ivy, or the least prestigious. Students are often stereotyped as pot smoking liberals. On the positive side, it's a well-respected school, getting into which is pretty tough. Students are well rounded and down to earth, and study a wide array of subjects. The student population is very diverse.

Tate

1) Pot smoking hippies 2) Raging liberals 3) Haute jet setter fashionistas

Harper

I've read many books that label Brown students hippies, hipsters, progressives, liberals. Also people say that it's extremely chill, and not so stressful because students can take all their classes pass/fail. People assume there's tons of parties and that it's easy and "okay" to slack off at Brown.

Dani

That there are no grades at Brown, so life must be so much easier; that all the students are tree-hugging, leftists hippies

Rich

That all students are hippies, environmentally conscious, rediculously socially concious, and highly liberal

jess

brown is the most enjoyable ivy.

Jenna

That Brown is a "super-duper" liberal campus and most people are gay. Also, a stereotype is that a lot of the students are "hippies" and smoke pot 24/7.

Victoria

I am not aware of any.

Brett

Many students at Brown are stereotyped as being elitist and hyper-liberal, so much so that they resemble the closed-mindedness of the hyper-conservative.

Reese

We're pompus assholes. We're all hispters. We're all Harvard rejects.

Jerry

Liberal. Overly liberal. The only Ivy where kids are cool. Where homosexuality is somewhat common. Party Ivy.

Emily

we are hippies and all liberal

Caitlin

Quirky and awkward. I think there are about 5 different "I'm awkard" facebook groups. There's also I think a perception of kids here being very alternative, whether they're hipsters or granola-crunching hippies.

Eliza

People that don't attend Brown will say one of three things regarding student stereotypes. 1- Aren't there lots of hippies? 2- Isn't everyone just stoned all of the time? 3- Man, that school must be full of nerds.

Kyle

smart, but relaxed, free thinkers, hard workers, not as stuffy as the other ivies.

Rory

that we're the fun and more laid back ivy league students

Ben

Overly liberal. Hippie. Gay and gay-friendly. Laid-back. Down-to-earth.

Michael

Stereotype: everyone's a really chilled-out hippie Harvard reject who smokes pot and never does any homework unless they bought their way in, in which case they're probably really rich, famous, or mean. Either way, they still go to the crazy sex parties.

Gabi

That we are the cool/hippy ivy. There is an abundance of weed on campus.

Tate

Less uptight than the rest of the Ivies. Liberals. Stoners. WASPs.

Gregory

People say that Brown students are super liberal and out-there. Brown is often thought of as the joke of the Ivys becuase other Ivy Leauge students tend to be pretensious or stuck up. People think that anything goes at Brown.

Tessie

I've always heard that Brown was a rich kid's party school. It is also supposedly ridiculously liberal, pot included.

Maria

Many people think that Brown students are pot-smoking, tree-hugging, liberals who where Birkenstocks and stage protests all the time.

alex

Hippies and hipsters

Natasha

The generally held stereotype is that Brown students are all tree-hugging, pot-smoking, Brikenstock-wearing hippie liberals who take all their classes S/NC and frolic all day.

Royce

hippies, potheads, hipsters, very laid back

Andy

-very liberal -"hipster"/"crunchy"

Kristin

I think Brown is extremely diverse. There are the hippie liberal stereotypes, but 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of Brown students are athletes who aren't such the activist type. I think there is an extremely wide range of people at Brown, but everyone does care about their academics.

Alex

liberal, artsy, intelligent, fun

Jonathon

Some stereotypes are that Brown students are stuck up, wealthy, and extremely academically oriented.

Tristan

LIBERAL, fun, smart

Tristan

There's a stereotype that Brown students are pot heads and superliberals.

Jacquelyn

liberal

Emily

we all have pink hair and wear birkenstocks. everyone is jewish, lots of hippies, lots of artsy people.

Emily

dichtomy- rich ivy league kids and hippie artsy kids on the other hand

Alex

People don't date