University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Emily

That everyone is obsessed with UNC basketball. That UNC students work hard and party hard. UNC greek life is preppy

Meg

Preppy, happy.

Louise

Hard working, like to have a good time, laid back, accepting

Tristan

they are all prepy, stuck up snobs with lots of money and stds

Tiffany

Preppy, money, arrogant

Eric

southern

Andy

Snobby, liberals

Robin

That there is a lot of racial self -segregation on campus.

Chelsea

smart, stuck-up, wealthy, guys are homosexual, liberal, overrated

Devin

That they are arrogant and spoiled rich kids and that there are a lot of homosexuals in the population.

Jarvis

rich, diverse, smart, social

Natalie

preppy, smart, think they're better than everyone else

Heather

They're smart, rich, snobby.

Jessica

That we are stuck up, smart rich kids who think we are better than everyone else.

Tommy

in state: stupid

Brandt

That everyone but our altheltes are very intelligent

Andrew

Wine and Cheese Northface/Mt Hardwear crackers

Kennan

Many non-UNC people think our student body is overtly liberal. They perceive the "soft" liberal arts majors at UNC as worthless. There is also the attitude (mostly among NC State people) that UNC has an unusually large gay community.

John

were smart.

Jessica

Most people think all students at UNC are extremely liberal.

Karen

The stereotype I hear the most is that UNC students and alum are arrogant, snotty rich people. Members in greek organizations also get a bad repuation of being especially stuck up and alcoholics.

Mike

The girls at UNC are hot and the basketball team is awesome.

Rachel

stuck up kids, pricks, superiority issues

Lauren

Intelligent, rich, snobby, preppy

Jill

Some stereotypes about UNC are that there are more gay people here than at any other University and every student worships basketball.

Robert

liberal hippies, rainbow flag waving gays, preppy frat boys and sorority girls, spoiled brats

Jerry

Among North Carolinians we have a reputation for being really smart and a bit preppy, whereas NCSTATE students are seen as more salt-of-the-earth Carolinians. That's not really a negative stereotype for us I don't think, but it colors how people in North Carolina approach you when you say your from UNC.

Torry

UNC students are Duke rejects. UNC students are liberal hippies.

Dale

They are Preppy and stuck up.

tom

Snobby, Well Educated, Rich, Fratty

Luke

UNC is often stereotyped as an academically challenging school that studies hard but can also have a good time and has great sports teams. UNC students seem to be stereotyped as rich, obnoxious, and pretentious.

Andy

Many people from other colleges in the area think that we all think we are better than everyone. Also that we are unstoppable in basketball. Always and forever.

Abby

It can be seen as a very homogeneous student body: white, preppy, well-off, southern, majority being from Charlotte and Raleigh. It is known as the best of the UNC schools so the students are smart, very competitive, and very much follow the "work hard, play hard" philosophy.

Elizabeth

People who don't go to UNC tend to think that we're all stuck up about our school as an entirety and obsessed with our mens basketball team.

Brian

They are all extremely liberal, there is little racial integration.

Cindy

Depending on who you ask, you'll either hear that we're all left-wing communist hippies who will corrupt your innocent kid and send her home a pot smoking pagan lesbian who always votes straight-ticket for Democrats. The opposite extreme you'll hear is that we're a "wine and cheese" crowd. Everyone's from Charlotte or Raleigh and has belonged to a country club since birth.