Knox College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Emily

We are a bunch of rich, snobby intellectuals

Jesse

Snobbish, Nerdy, Socially awkward, rich kids.

john

knox students tend to be white, wealthy and stuck up

Ben

Knox students are snobbish and into excessive partying

Aurora

First of all, Knox students are considered to be extremely bad at sports. Second of all, Knox students are considered to be pretty much involved in everything...the average student might be a chem major who dances in her spare time, and still manages to find time to volunteer at the local Boys and Girls club. Knox students are also rumored to form a very close community, both on campus and with the town.

Morgan

Liberal Artsy

Jennifer

Knox students are generally thought to be a unique group. No one is the same as someone else. We all come from different backgrounds and have different interests so literally every type of person is represented on our campus...except for maybe those that people would classify under the typical "state-school" stereotype.

Dale

party hard potheads smart

Dale

One large stereotype is that Knox is a rich-kid school. Another is that Knox is completely liberal in it's opinions.

Patrick

That Knox students are rich, white Chicago suburbanites who are pretentious as hell; that Knox is a really difficult school; that everyone is liberal.

Dawson

Ecologically friendly, "green", hippies, creative artsy people

Jay

That we're all a bunch of pot-smoking hippies who have nothing better to do than laze around, ignoring homework to go to parties.

Sasha

too liberal, democrats, very diverse and talented students, from suburbs of chicago, not chicago!

Michael

Generally, the students are very liberal. It is a small liberal arts college and is a good school.

Jerry

Many, but in general nerds, socially awkward, and what I call sheltered, I guess nice could count too.

Cody

We're all liberal hipsters

Tasha

Knox students are very nerdy. They aren't all nerdy in the same way. Some students are nerdy in the "I study seven hours a day" kind of way. Others are nerdy in the, "I play video games all the game," or the, "I love live action roleplay kind of way." Others spend half their time trying to make art. We are also stereotypically very bad at sports.

Kate

A lot of people are stuck in the stereotype that Knox students are a bunch of liberal arts hippies.

Andy

That we are open-minded and diverse, which is true. That we are stuck-up and wealthy for going to an expensive private school, which is by and large false-- Knox simply extends gratuitous financial aid to all types of students. That we are stuck in the Knox bubble and disconnected from the real world. This is true to some extent because most students stay on our small campus most of the time, however, the Knox curriculum emphasizes learning about the world outside from many distinct angles and disciplines so as to contruct a "wholer" understanding of what we're interested in. Though we may act somewhat disconnected while at Knox, I would argue that this type of in-depth education serves to provide us with a better approach to the outside world once graduated.

Brian

Nerds, Hippies, Rich Kids, Angry Liberals/Feminists/Activists, Alcoholics

Mandy

Knox students are seen as brainy, non athletic people. We are also perceived to be a bit on the strange side.

Tyler

That it is ultra liberal and Knox students are very active in politics.

Meredith

we're all different and cool and openminded

Annie

It sounds corny but I don't think there are stereotypes. Sure, we have different groups like every school such as the gamers, athletes ect. however many people can migrate from group to group.

Jamie

That they are extremely liberal

Ryan

we're all hippies, the sorority girls are stupid and girly, the fraternity guys are meatheads.

Maria

I don't think i've heard any stereotypes specific to knox?

Steven

The general stereotype is that Knox students are white, middle/upper-class kids from the Midwest who are more down-to-earth than other student bodies at small, esteemed, liberal arts colleges.

Stef

They are pretentious. They are socially inept.

Maurice

We are wierd and however true that may be there are varying levels of wierd. There is a stigma of being at Knox that says we are really wierd. Also the fact that we go to a liberal arts college makes us all liberal.

Anna

Knox students are often stereotyped as strange and liberal. From Galesburg residents' perspective, Knox students are often (but not always) seen as rich kids who have too much to say.

Gene

A lot of people say that we're all hippies and ultra-left-wing liberals.

Kate

Knox is pretty much percieved as a haven for extreme liberals, hippies, athesists. Its students are generally stereotyped as smart kids who aren't quite at the Ivy League level, but that may be because Knox students definately party.

Margaret

I have heard that all students at Knox are a bunch of weirdos. I have also heard that everyone at Knox is gay. I hear lots of people talk about the 'Knox bubble,' where students and faculty tend to shut themselves off from the so-called 'townies.'

David

Some of the stereotypes of Knox students would be that they are bizarre and pretty much out there.

Emily

We're all brainy and weird. All Betas are jocks. The sororities aren't like others.

Anita

That everyone here is a liberal, and either a foreign exchange student or a rich Chicago kid.

Kelsey

People think Knox is really intellectual and doesn't have a life outside of academics.

Ben

Smart ass, strange, individualistic, smart people.

Lauren

(1) like getting drunk or high (2) very smart (3) very liberal (4) extremely indecisive (5) a diverse student body

Emily

Knox is full of ultra-liberal hippie kids from private schools. Knox is a party school.

Andy

There seem to two main ones. Either we're all bookworm/nerds with no social life (and ugly), or we're all crazy liberals with no moral codes, etc... Knox seems to have a stereotype of us all being rich snobs, also.

Levi

Knox is a liberal and open campus. Knox is weird. Knox rocks.

Emily

Knox students love to argue.