College of Charleston Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Ryan

Rich party animals, Emo's/Hippies, Slutty girls, and Lots of drugs

Adam

I have heard the following: everyone is needs to be in a frat/sorority to have fun everyone is country-club-like everyone is a laid-back, hippie surfer everyone drinks all the time everyone does not care about academics

Tiffany

CofC students are all one extreme or the other- either stuck up rich kids or hippie kids.

Rory

That everybody is either a preppy, fratty, popped-collars-and-pearls kinda person or a hippie

Chelsea

We are an All white campus. We are a Party school. C of C students are all from rich family's. We are so laid back if we were anymore laid back we would fall over. CofC has no school spirit.

Kim

That we like to party and drink a lot, we have little to no school spirit.

Laura

The most common stereotype is that all the students are huge partiers, we have a huge gay population, and that the school is easy.

Gene

The Southern frat boys who where pastel pants and look like they all went to the same barber and the Southern Sorority girls who are usually cute but love them frat boys too much. The overall middle-class white school kids, many from Ohio.

Ryan

Upper Middle Class to Upper Class students (easy come, easy go)...college isn't at all what I thought it was going to be...ridiculously expensive. C of C is definitely a party school that has your typical "all-nighter types"

Michael

No school spirit. Like cliques.

Evan

People in and around the Charleston area know what to expect from C of C students. C of C upholds great education in a spectacular city. C of C is definitely a "frat" school. There are many ways to get involved in the school and community, great people, great places, great times.

Becca

All of the people who go here are girls who wear pearls. We go to the beach all the time.

Tom

Party people

Jessica

The Princeton Review said that if CofC students were any more laid back, they would fall over. CofC is a liberal arts school that attracts an array of personalities. One of the biggest stereotypes of our school is that we are full of stoners, surfers, and sorority girls.

Bri

We party all the time

Jody

It is a party school Everyone smokes pot It has a high level of STDs

Sara

partiers. southern bells. preppy. laid back.

Lauren

Hippie-ish kind of kids with a desperate need for boys

Mary

1. The girls are straight out of a Seventeen photo shoot: tall, thin, perfect, sorority blonds 2. Guys will be in college heaven because there are so many girls that they will be tripping over their Jack Rodgers to hook up with them. 3. C of C is a huge party school which requires no work. In fact the teachers have complete sympathy for students who are hung over, and give them an A just for getting out on the social scene.

samantha

That the College of Charleston is where the rich kids go to school.

becky

Rich, skinny, stuck up southern girls with pearl necklaces Alcoholics The party school on the beach Beautiful people

Katie

One stereotype is that there is about a 4:1 ratio of girls to guys. Another is that most of the students at the College are somewhat wealthy. Another is that most of the students are white. And the last one is that the College is not academically challenging and all the students party at the beach all the time.

Racheal

1. That there are very preppy girls/guys at COFC. 2. The student body is religious. 3. COFC students party hard. 4. COFC's student body is mostly female 5. COFC provides quality education for a public school

Sarah

Really rich preppy kids, lots of hippies, really southern frat boys

Torry

The most known stereotype about C of C is that it is a "party school".

Chris

Some steroetypes I've heard are that a lot of the students are too artsy or hippy. There is a fair share of art students beacause we have such a great art program however, it is well balanced by the typical students you would see at any university. Also people complain about the female to male ratio. They say the ratio is way in favor for males by three to one. Spoiled rich southern kids is another steretype. Also lastly everyone from out of state is from up north.

Andie

CofC students are supposed to be wealthy southerners who are a bit more committed to their sororities and frats than they are to their majors (or anything else, for that matter). The average CofC girl is supposed to be the one who wears a flowery sun dress and heels to go to a house party or kegger on a Saturday night. The boys are "southern gents," but there are few of them as everyone knows (school is about {4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c}65 female now).

Alex

I think that one of the stereotypes about the college is its lack of diversity. Another is that its a women's college.

William

Stereotypes would be a Liberal School of course, hippies, etc....

Ryan

We like to party

Molly

I'm not really sure, maybe being laid back or preppy?

Simon

Large female student population;student financial condition above student average.

Elizabeth

most stereotypes are that all guys in fraternities wear pastels and short shorts

Elizabeth

Party school / big greek social scene / beach bums

Danny

fratty rich guys and pretty rich girls.

Christy

C of C is as challenging or easy as you make it. There are a lot of drinkers and druggies.

Sam

Everyone says that it's a party school.

Erin

Surfer dudes and beach girls. All we do is party and go to the beach.

Aaron

"Charleston students are party animals." "CofC students are big drinkers." "College of Charleston students are the saddest kids in the world."

Leslie

some stereotypes are that cofc is a total party school and that all the student body does is drink and party. THIS IS NOT TRUE!!! while we do love our party at CofC, it is not the primary activity in our lives. we work hard and have a REALLY impressive academic program at CofC. there is hardly a night when the beautiful addlestone library is not packed.

Rebecca

That it is a party school. That southerners are stupid and illiterate. That every student is part of a sorority or fraternity.

Amanda

People say that CofC is filled with overdone southern belles, stoners, hippies, bohemian hipsters, spoiled rich out of state kids, and party kids. They also say that College of Charleston is the most liberal school in South Carolina

Katie

students are very into music and just having a good time, a relaxed setting to live and learn, bars are very popular for C of C students

Caroline

Hippies Fratty Drugs Party School

ryan

that it is a party school, and that the girls are really hot

cline

Many people think CofC is a party school. Maybe 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students fall into this category, and the rest are hard working, responsible people. The student body, like any school's, has certain cliques and groups that stay together socially. The greek organizations are very prominent on campus, but if you don't join, you aren't left out in the cold by any means.CofC is a very typical college campus in that you can find all kinds of groups of people to interact and learn with.

leslie

kaplan's college guide is my favorite: "if students at the college of charleston were any more laidback, they'd fall over." it's a beautiful school, with beautiful girls and beautiful boys too. there are more girls than boys but the ratio isn't really all that noticeable.

Casey

A lot of people think that it's all preppy kids down in the south or that everybody's really conservative. A lot of people think it's a huge party school and that everyone skips classes all the time to go to the beach.

Charlie

Some people say that we are a major party school and that being located on the coast makes us even more of a party school.

Elliott

It is believed that all C of C students know how to have a good time. The student body is very active in beach bumming, sun bathing in Marion Square, and supporting the local bar economy.