College of Saint Benedict Top Questions

That all the girls wear north face jackets, sweat pants, UGGs and their hair on the top of their head. HA

The women at The College of St. Benedict have a reputation for being strong, independent and motivated. We are given all the resources needed to be the most successive women we can be. Here at CSB, future doctors, teachers and leaders are developed.

CSBSJU students are all very nice and passionate about this school. Many of the students had a parent or sibling who also attended St. Ben's and St. John's and come from families who value education.

Anything from rich, spoiled girls from the Twin Cities to very religious.

That they are all white, Catholic, Minnesotan girls looking to get a degree and marry a Johnnie.

A lot of people who aren't familiar with the schools think that CSB is truly an all girls' school. From outsiders, I have heard Bennies stereotyped as "nuns" or super-straight laced, Catholic, conservatives. Our arch-rival St. Thomas University likes to sterotype Bennies as unattractive and unintelligent.

That all bennies are either nursing of elementary education majors.

The stereotypical Bennie comes from a rich suburb of the Twin Cities, her parents pay for her education, and she doesn't really care much about classes because she just wants to land an equally rich Johnnie husband. On your typical Saturday morning you can find said stereotypical Bennie walking around the caf in Victoria's Secret Pink sweatpants tucked into Uggs with her bleach-blonde hair done up in a high ponytail and her books tucked into the latest Marc Jacobs bag, but on the weekends she's glammed up, ready to look good for the Johnnies in their matching North Face fleece and Johnnie gear.

The sterotypes about CSB students is all of them are rich and are spoiled at home.

One stereotype of CSB students is we are all rich and stuck up snobs.

White girls from the Twin City suburbs who come to college to find a husband at St. Johns.