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I guess a stereotype I have heard about C of C is the girl to guy ratio, which is about 3 to 1. Another stereotype that I have heard about C of C students is that they are mostly hippies.

Very preppy and rich, mostly white and mostly female. A lot of pot use and other drugs. Very intelligent and hard working.

Drunken Beach Bums

Students are preppy: Girls wear Lilly Pulitizer, boys pop their collars. It is a huge party school. Everyone is from the south.

That the College of Charleston supplies the girls, and the Citadel supplies the boys. Not so.

A big party school with extremely laid back and outgoing students.

Big drinkers. Apparently, CofC is a big party school.

"if college of charleston students were any more laid back they'd fall over" that we all have stds and love to party, etc etc

Most of the students all are young, and rich and do not have a passion for school because their parents pay for everything so they just dont care. By them not caring it sometimes makes the teachers not care. Good luck meeting people if your not nineteen and rich you will not have friends.

A lot of people think that CofC is nothing but a party school with frat boys and bottle-blonde girls. They also think that CofC's academic reputation is lacking.

party school in a drinking town. known for STDs. good basketball team

Party-goers, weed-smokers, same stereotypes associated with liberal arts students

CofC is a liberal arts school- so there are a lot of liberals. There is definitely a 'look' to many CofC guys (although they are few and far between- visors, flip flops, khaki shorts, collared shirts, etc., but it was nothing like when I went to Clemson and thats all I saw).

Everyone is really preppy and it is a party school.

What I hear from some people that don't go here is that there are a lot of good looking girls and that many people are preppy.

Liberal, laid back, historical, southern, multi-cultural,

It seems to me like most of the students there are either really artsy emo kids or rich sorority girls.

The good ol' boys

for the boys: Surfer type, hippie, frat boy to the extreme. for the girls: preppy, hippie, chases citadel boys.

Some believe that CofC is not a challenging college compared to other schools.

If you are part of the minority, you probably won't be treated fairly.

That it is a party school.

Too many girls, way too preppy, and no sports

Partying frat and sororities groups

super-preppy, laid back, southern belles and gentlemen or surfer/hippie'ish, "flip flop wearning beach goer's"

That we all party hard and that we don't take college seriously.

C of C students are... rich, stuck up, rude, druggies, party people

That it's is nothing but a party school.

Heavy Partiers, Beach bums, mostly frat boys and sorority girls A lot of pre-med kids lookin to go to MUSC

There were stereotypes that referenced CofC students to be hippies unless you were in the Greek system.

C of C is historical and very beautiful, and also used for many movies. So far 2 movies have been shot at the college during my spring semester. C of C students can be snobby by showing off how much money they have by their display of expensive shoes, purses, clothes, and cars, but most of the students are very nice and down to earth.

Party girls, bleach blonde barbies, hippies

Everybody's an alcoholic, there's nothing to do but party, all freshman flunk out

Big drinkers Rich

Lots of pretty girls Its a "southern" school

Beautiful girls, and tons of partying.

rich, I really haven't heard too many.

That we party all the time and its a big party school.

that we're a bunch of partying surfers.

That they do a lot of drugs and they are all rich

CofC isn't a hard school and the students don't do anything but party and go to the beach.

A lot of people think that it is a druggie school, also that there are a lot of hippie, artsy "different" people.

That they are all blond sorority girls and that they are dumb

I think that some stereotypes about C of C and C of C students include, that all the students that go here are hippies. I've heard one stereotype about the school that I totally disagree with. People say the College of Charleston is an easy school to get into.

CofC students are generally known for their laid back attitudes, and there also exists a steroetype that a lot of CofC kids smoke pot.

Party School, STD's, Date Rape Drugs, ultra preppy and rich

rich, snooby, tan

That it's a party school. That it's a hippy school. That it's not a very high ranking school for intelligence or that it's easy to get into.

1. all the boys are "frat guys" 2. everyone parties 3. there are a lot of drugs around campus 4. everyone is really laid back, in so far as academics

Preppy and rich or hippy and laid-back.