Wheaton College-Wheaton Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

Jenny

clean-cut, attractive, bible lover, slightly judgmental, enthusiastic, fun-loving, studious and smart.

Nico

really conservative, anti-social, really smart, super Christians

Michael

Wheaton students are sheltered, naive, legalistic, and hypocritical. They are also very intelligent.

Nick

Wheaton students are at school for the single purpose of finding a suitable spouse. Wheaton students look down upon their peers who do not attend church on a regular basis. Wheaton is a conservative environment.

jonathan

type A study all the time closed minded

Sarah

Arrogant and hypocritical, perfectionist

Kristi

A lot of people think that Wheaton is just a bunch of home-schooled, super-conservative Christians who don't know how to have fun.

Toby

type-A personality, overachievers who have everything together and know exactly what they believe about God and life and who they are

Katie

That they are very anti-social and perfect; focused only on their academic work

Amy

That everyone here is conservative, narrow minded, and never has fun.

Claire

All we do is study, and we don't have any fun...unless we're searching out a husband or wife.... We have an abundance of the beautiful...and handsome....

Will

Most people think that we are incredibly sheltered, sexually inactive, out of touch with real culture, and would never even think about touching alcohol or drugs.

Charlie

good little christian kids in a bubble who don't drink, smoke, have sex, etc.

Tate

everybody has it all together, all the time, until they don't, and then they go crazy for a little while

Jenn

They're white, rich, arrogant, and clueless about the "real' world.

Andy

They are nice Christian people, obnoxiously conservative, very Type A, judgy people.

Line

Everyone is extremely nice and involved in a million organizations and extra-curricular activities all while taking 18 hours (the max without overloading) and getting A's in every class. Oh yeah, and active and involved in a church and leading a Discipleship Small Group and... all with a smile on their faces.