The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Emma

sorority girls are drunk and loose

Charlie

I'm not really too sure about any stereotypes, besides that we are all supposed to be really smart and studious?

Lauren

everyone parties a lot, everyone is obnoxious when it comes to sports, we will sing rocky top whereever we go

Chelsea

you have the frat boys and sorority girls, the hippies, the jocks, the smart people, Asians, the church people, the party people

Reese

rednecks

Megan

Well if it is from the north that we are stupid and we don't wear shoes. Don't know where that one comes from? I think everyone else from the south doesn't really have a problem with us.

Ash

The students at UTK do not study and party.

Kris

I believe that there is a stereotype that UTK students are not challenged and educated well at the University of Tennessee. I also feel that people believe that UTK is not very diversified.

Jaimee

That we all like to drink an obscene amount of alcohol and that we only care about football.

Brittney

We are all party preppy students.

Parker

That we party hard, Love football

Laura

I believe some stereotypes are that UTK is a party school and that all of our students are drinkers. Also, there's the stereotype of that our parents pay for everything,.

Kyle

That we party all the time

Tyler

We love football and get wasted.

katy

obsessed with football, absorbed with being in a frat or sorority, party animals.

Mallory

"Big Orange Screw"

tori

That we all party!

christy

Party all the time, football school

Katelin

That it's a party school and that the classes are not hard.

Alicia

UTK and UF are constantly head to head for the ranking of #1 party school. A big stereotype is that we don't care about school we just want to party.

Jill

That we are hard core football fans!

Sara

UTK is known as an ugly campus with lots of bums and homeless people. UTK has a stereotype for being a football campus because of all the orange!

Megan

that they do nothing but party and do not care about academics, also that we only care about football and basketball

Jenny

That UT is a party school and every student is drunk a good majority of the time.

Lindsey

I think a huge stereotype is that we are white conservative Christians. We don't ever study and all we care about is sports.

Audrey

I've heard that people see UTK students as rednecks and stupid people

Lauren

big greek society, football obsessed, redneck

Steph

That UTK is just an athletic school.

Jennifer

A lot of people feel like UTK students are huge party kids that don't work hard.

Laura

hippie, materalistic, soroity slut, frat tat

Ali

country hicks, rednecks, partiers

Emmerson

Many people think since we are from the south we are less educated. The Univeristy is known fo the "Big Orange Screw" and makes it hard for students to graduate within four years.

Katie

frat guys are drunks and soroity girls are whores

Meg

Huge partiers, the girls sleep around, not into academics.

Hannah

We party 24/7

Zoe

Party all the time, heavy drinkers

Emily

southern football school, preppy girls and guys, all pretty, skinny, and alcoholics. Party A LOT

Liz

dumb partiers

Ashley

Partying is more important than studying and the sports program is better than the academics.

Katie

That they are all rich sorority girls and boy ;)

Jason

Southern Accent, Dumb, Illiterate.

Harper

One of the top party schools

Adam

We drink too much party too much and treat football as a religion

Alex

We drink too much and love to party

Adam

Party School, Just Care about football

Harper

Stereotypically, we drink a lot and we don't go to class, but of course there are those who feel UTK students help out the community through philanthropy events and environmental improvements. UTK students, as well as all college students, will always get discriminated against because of the lazy stereotype

Jody

Partiers, Drinkers, it is in awful condition, run down

Katie

people think that UTK students are all alcoholics

Rachel

From around Memphis, I've heard that we are a bunch of party animals and soon to be alcoholics. I've also heard that our school is not very academic oriented.

Kathryn

some stereotypes are that fraternities and sororities are only about social events and partying when really they are about sisterhood/brotherhood and philanthropies.