Emerson College Top Questions

artsy, dedicated to our craft, liberal

They are all the kids who were weird and didn't fit in in high school.

We're all a bunch of sissy indie rock listening hipster pothead alcoholics.

They're artsy, rich, pretentious, smoke cigarettes, and know nothing about sports. They're all gay, dress strangely, and are going to be living in boxes when they graduate. Oh, and they all applied to NYU and came here when they didn't get it.

Very artsy and into film, dramatic (small theater program that is very present, but most students are performers of some sort), loads of hipster trash, lots of cigarettes, lots of questioning sexuality(Gay, Lesbian, Bi, Whatever-goes)

The stereotype of Emerson Students is either that they are flamboyant gay guys, or moody scene kids. There is also the pretentious artist.

Emerson students are all gay, smokers, creative/artsy

We are stereotyped into being trust-fund baby hipsters. And film nerds. Very opinionated and shallow in terms of art, and never ironic enough in terms of fashion. Everyone has a major nicotine addiction, evidenced by the solid layer of cigarette butts outside the Little Building. The major one is all the men are gay, which is the only diversity in the school. The advertised racial diversity (though they do it without saying the word racial) is a facade, built to conceal the stereotype that we're all white. And we all smoke pot.

The most common stereotypes seems to either be that all Emerson students are hipsters, or all Emerson males are gay. Overall the school does have the general persona of being very artsy, hip, and liberal.

The sterotype is that we are all homosexuals, smokers, hipsters, and pretentious artsy-type people.

Emerson: White...Gay by May....$....Not a real school

Everyone is gay and smokes; people are very into their own thing and trying to be unique but end up being the same.

Chain smoking liberals who do a lot of drugs and dress funny.

I've heard people say that Emerson kids don't study much.

Emerson has a reputation of being snoody film students, and while there are a lot of those around, the majority of us are creative writers and marketing students. The other stereotype is that we are all really wealthy...

Pick at least three of the following traits to build your own stereotypical Emerson student. Gay. Bisexual. Shags anything that moves. Alcoholic. Never drank before college, now drinks like a fish. Smokes more than a pack a day. Smokes cloves "for the taste". Never smoked cigarettes before college, now lights like a Christmas tree. Smokes pot. Knows more about pot than you thought humanly possible. Never smoked pot before college, now burns like a forest fire. Musical theater major who only sings, drinks, and mates. Jewish, with parents "in the business". Foreign, with parents "in the business". White upper-middle class with a financial crunch. Taste in music s/he calls 'eclectic', friends call 'awesome', and everyone else calls 'pretentious'. DJ's for the underground Emerson radio station, because they feel that the mainstream audience would not appreciate their taste. Plays ultimate frisbee. Writes plays "for fun". Shops at thrift stores "for the style". Dyed their hair "because they felt like it". Wears oversized, black rimmed glasses, for reasons one cannot begin to understand.

Emerson has a lot of stereotypes. We get labeled as all being hipster kids and Emerson is known for having a cloud of smoke hanging above it from all of the students who smoke. Oh Emerson is also known for having a huge GLBT community. Emerson students are also known for ignoring religion completely. On the bright side Emerson is known for having a kick ass film program and amazing acting facilities.

The majority of the male student population is gay. The majority of the female student population are lesbians, or bisexual. Everyone has an "artsy" name or spelling, ie. Lynne, Sebastian, Bay, etc. Emerson students don't know how to do math. Emerson students don't play sports. Emerson students were always picked last in gym class.

People are overly trendy and pretentious, way too artsy, and guys are mostly gay.

Stereotypes about Emerson College: 1. It's a "good school" 2. Lots of chicks and no dudes 3. It's like high school, only we're a little bit older.

That all students here are gay, that they all smoke, and that they are all extremely flamboyant.

We are all artsy freaks who wear skinny jeans, leggings, and converse and smoke incessantly. Almost everyone did theater in high school and most of the guys are gay, so be careful who you hit on. Everyone is liberal and hates the Bush administration and is extremely vocal about their opinions. Upon graduating you will get a killer job because Emerson has THE best connections out of any college you apply to. Oh yeah, and everyone is a Jew or just thinks religion is pointless.

Emerson students are stereotyped as outgoing, creative, over achievers, homosexual.

Potheads, lazy, dirty, opinionated, radically liberal, smokers, career-oriented.

Gay, very gay. And also eccentric.

That they are all artsy and loud because they are all into communications. There's others but I can't really think of them right now.

They are all rich

Many people joke about the college giving students back their money if they don't graduate gay or a smoker.

The typical Emerson student is the hipster kid from a wealthy family who indulges in their uniqueness by taking other hipsters' fashion choices, film preferences, music tastes, etc. and explaining how their fashion choices, film preferences, music tastes etc. are more refined and unique.

I don't know of any that don't apply to other colleges as well

Emerson students are generally viewed as pretentious individuals who tend to be on the cutting-edge of whatever is hip at the moment. Walk into any classroom and you will probably see scores of students in skinny jeans with a glowing Macbook in front of them.

Alot of theatre kids

That everyone hear is different. That we are like every other art school.

Artsy, progressive, in terms of their film program they manufacture "blockbuster makers," innovative, not very academic or incredibly hard working (or interested in rigerous acadmeic work), homosexual, "creative thinkers," acting majors (emotionalists and dramatic people), "not going anywhere serious" (usually when considering acting majors, esp. musical theatre majors, because they are not pursueing a more "serious" career--something like economics, international relations, buisness, etc.), very good for "in's" and Hollywood networking

Passionate students that just don't stop.

A place to get a job, hippie-like, many gay students, smokers, only art school, etc.

That all of the student body are artsy yuppies, as well as a vast majority of the population is homosexual.

Emo, homosexual, cocky, high-maintenance, wealthy, ignorant, shallow, and pessimistic

Emerson students in general carry the stereotype of only liking "indie" movies, music, etc., being pretentious, having very liberal political views, and not being religious.

That they're very pretentious and hipsters.

That we have a huge homosexual population, that we are arrogant and everyone is very artsy and quirky.

The angsty film student. Everyone's gay.

the "scene" kid, gay, musical theatre majors, dyed hair

They are pretentious and very artsy. Ecclectic, goofy, weird.

very indie, big gay population

We are all gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, or crazy.

All the boys are gay, everyone is stuck up, everyone dresses nicely, the financial aid sucks, there's 'no campus'

Emerson kids are liberal, hipster, smokers. They are pretentious and self-absorbed. They love to talk in class.

many people say that you are gay until proven straight, tehre is a large amount of gay people that come here, also they say that we are all very pretentious.

A more or less uniform audience of chainsmoking, i-Pod-cell phone-capitalism worshipping hipsters who aren't nearly as different as their effort to be so suggests.