Florida International University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Mishka

There are many stereotypes at Florida International University. A few examples are all our students are all Hispanic, FIU is a commuter school and our athletics programs are horrible or not supported.

Adnan

Stereotypes? I mean the commuter students are sometimes considered aliens, haha. Frat and Sorority people are considered "party" type. (Wrong stereotype) Asians are considered smart. (Haha, me :P) African-American people are huge. Well, our football team have several and they are huge. Apart from that, it's only a stereotype. Caribbean people speak broken English. NO! They can speak proper English too!

Brett

They are from all over the world but lean toward Hispanic ethnicity. They are self motivated and driven. Most of them paying their own way through college.

Lauren

1) They are all latino. 2) FIU is for students who can't afford UM 3) FIU is a third rate school. 4) FIU has a joke of an athletics program 5) The Administration is in the middle of a nefarious "expansion" plan and has foresaken quality of education in favor of awarding high dollar contracts for fancy buildings which are under utilized. Piss poor planning that is putting big dollars in somebodys pocket at the expense of students.

stuart

Between the two larger campuses, its been said that the larger one is the white and Hispanic campus and the smaller and the Black and Jewish campus. This is probably based on historical ratios; they may not be as accurate now. Also, since we are still very commuter based, its been said that our students are apathetic, older, and/or have full-time jobs.

Cameron

None, too diverse

Nemo

Seems to be that people think FIU students must be poor, as they couldn't afford UM and had to settle for FIU!

Julian

The stereotypes are that FIU students are shallow commuter students from schools like Belen and La Salle, usually Cuban-American.

Gabi

That they are stupid and do not want to work. Also that FIU is an easy A school.

Vanessa

They're all colombian or just plain hispanic for the most part.

Dale

Not as good as other state universities

Natalie

commuter, latin, slackers, apathetic, not as smart us UM/UF/UCF, etc.

Devin

That FIU is a slack school (because it's in Miami, it's public, etc) and that students go there just because they couldn't get in to anywhere else.

Jess

Majority are hispanic

Christopher

-Stupid lazy students. -University of last resort.

Eric

They don't care about their school as much as students of universities with more prestigious reputations such as Florida State or University of Miami.

Daniel

Some stereotypes are that we are lazy and a waste of life?

cindy

i haven't heard of any.

Gabriel

They we're smart enough to not go to miami-dade college, but not smart enough to get into University of Miami.

Kelly

The teachers aren't very good... well the quality of them

Andres

maybe that the school inst a good school or that we attend this school because we couldnt get into other schools

Kevin

Everyone is business!

Lee

It's a second Choice school

Torry

Commuter students who do not feel like they should get involved in school. Also, many students lack common sense and academic integrity.

Monica

FIU students are slackers, FIU students are only UM rejects, FIU students are commuters and have no school spirit.

Ana

couldn't get into UM, slackers, just go to school to get it over with

Andres

That we are international (mostly Hispanic).

Torry

Its the 13th Grade and that we can't party.

Jessie

-Students are slackers -FIU offices are messy and unorganized -FIU, is not at the level of universities like UM, UF...etc.

Ryan

commuter and stuck up

Abdel

that we are commuter students

Paige

That we are not as intelligent as students in private universities and Ivy League schools. We are not as dependable or goal oriented.

Jordan

That everyone at FIU is a commuter, from Miami, and Cuban.

Kai

slackers, lack of merit, partiers.

Tate

FIU Has Students from all over the world because it is International. Every organization on campus is run by a Greek Organization. Even if it is not greek, it is in their power to change things and make it Greek. The Football team sucks, and are proud of it.

Ryan

That they are all underachievers, or that they are all hispanic.

vanessa

Everyone that goes to FIU is a UF, UM or FSU reject.

Alex

That we are not a real university, because we are a commuter school...that everyone can get in and that no one really wants to go to FIU...kind of like that FIU wasnt our first choice

Tristan

That the majority of the students are commuter school

Natasha

Commuter School International

Blake

Terrible administration - but I don't think it's a stereotype.

Ash

all spanish people

Bobby

1. Is a commuter school. 2. About Half the population work and go to school. 3. There are a lot of minorities here.

Angelica

That there a lot of Hispanics, but in reality there is, well maybe because we live in Miami, also that FIU is not such a great "prestige" school, and also that our FIU football team suck!

Anthony

We are the UM rejects and that FIU is a second rate school.

Mike

That we are not educated

Sasha

No fun because it is a dry campus

Robert

That we are not as smart as university of miami students

Hunter

They are loud

Harper

Bad students, all hispanic, 13th grade