University of Delaware Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

meg

That they are all rich, white kids that wear the same exact clothes as their peers. Big time party school.

Jen

north jersey, long island jews, townies

Kathryn

Being in a sorority there are a lot of stereotypes that are apparent. Each sorority and fraternity has its own cliches attached.

Megan

Intelligent wealthy kids from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and the surrounding area.

Jen

The preppy, "Abercrombie and Fitch" kids. A lot of out of state students who are well off from New Jersey and New York.

Kristen

There are tons of stereotypes about those involved in greek life. Every sorority and fraternity has a reputation and people just assume that being a part of that organization mean that you are just like everyone else in it.

christine

that they are rich, wordly and open-minded

Bill

Girls as a collection are among the hottest. Big party school (dating back to when my parents were in college) Very strict on alcohol Police are uptight

Anna

the girls are really pretty and the guys are assholes because there are so many pretty girls that they dont have to appreciate them.

Ryan

They are upper-middle class white and like to party.

Kristen

that it's a huge party school and everyone is a rich, stuck up party animal.

Lauren

preppy, beautiful, athletic, white

Molly

Upper class white rich kids from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut

lauren

some stereotypes about ud are that it's a fun school with good academics too and is becoming more and more popular and harder to get into. it is known as somewhat of a party school. a stereotype of students is that we're preppy and like to party.

Megan

UD is a big party school

keith

That they are stuck up and snobby

Allie

That we have hot girls and that we are a party school

Jenna

We drink often and don't care about anything...very apathetic school. We are not a very diverse school.

Emma

White, upper middle class, not very diverse

Ashley

all wear north faces and uggs, predominately white college, party school

Alison

Rich and Preppy

Megan

Wealthy Students, large jewish population, Preppy, Upcoming Ivy League status

Alex

It is a party school and everyone has a lot of money.

Alex

party school, everyone is the same preppy upper-middle class cut-out.

Melanie

Stereotypes about all the New Yorkers who go to UD, Guido kind of guys, stereotypes about sororities/fraternities...and that UD has hot girls

Peter

The stereotype of UD students is that the majority of them are big partiers; but this is a stereotype of college students in general. Breaking it down a little further, there are many stereotypes--i.e. sorority girls w/ big glasses and ugg boots; frat guys; kids from jersey etc.

Kyle

We're all rich white kids with the last name Du Pont. Most of the students come from Delaware.

Brian

We're white, we're apathetic and we drink a lot.

Jimbo

They're very apathetic to politics and other "important" things.

Elena

We drink a lot. We're a party school.

Cody

UD students are pretty homogenous. They all come from the mid-Atlantic region and similar socio-economic backgrounds.

Meg

UD was formerly known as a huge party school, but that has dissipated some. I think people generally know Delaware as a fun school that is getting tougher and tougher to get into.

Alexis

UD accepts any students who apply from Delaware. The town is filled with Townies as well as the school. That UD is the biggest party school around. UD is huge and you feel lost in it. There's a ton of drinking at UD.

Jeff

University students party all the time and the girls are easy.

Jen

That they are white, middle-class or upper-middle class, party a lot, and are concerned with their appearance. The girls wear make-up everday, Ugg boots, and North Face fleece jackets. The guys are concerned with partying and getting laid.

Adam

Rich White Kids

Julianne

The students are apathetic when it comes to politics. UD is very focused on the football team and not many of the other sports.

emily

it's a state school so it;s full of morons

Toby

New Jersey Girls and Guys with a minority of locals.

Liz

we are all white, upperclass, preppy kids

James

They diverse group of wide range of cultural backgrounds. They are kind people who interact well with each other and have a general goal to succeed. Also, the teachers are expected to be at the highest level of ability and knowledge among the nation's professor's.

Dan

Delaware students are stereotyped as being apathetic to the world outside Newark. They like to drink and party Thursday through Sunday and often get into conflicts with townies.

Andrea

That we are predominately white and very apathetic.

Lindsey

Preppy; HAPPY!; brick; school-spirited; friendly; beautiful

Corrie

longchamp bags, uggs, and black northface- sorority girls. somewhat stereotypical sorority girls and frat guys

Laura

The biggest stereotype that comes to mind is that we are all white and all come from middle class or upper-middle class backgrounds. Also, everyone thinks the campus is apathetic and self-involved.