Williams College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at your school?

purp

Williams students are athletes, outdoorsy, and have iron livers.

Mackensie

Sport-oriented outdoors people, work hard play hard.

Mark

Williams students are generally stereotyped as rich white New Englanders. They are bright people, no doubt, but not bright enough, or well-connected enough to get into the Ivies. The students are also seen as athletes, kind of educated meatheads.

Ryan

No one knows where Williams is or what it is. The majority of kids are nerds and they dont know how to party.

Jared

Athletic, intellectual private high school alums who wear lots of Lacoste.

Jonah

That kids are all extremely competitive and grades are always a big deal. Some also say that everyone at Williams is a geek.

Kristin

Everyone are jocks, students are preppy, students are dorky/bad social life

jane

that the school is made up of rich j crew wearing preppy athletes

Joshua

snobby, out of touch with the rest of the nation (purple bubble)

Ali

Athletic, Rich, Smart

Maya

Some stereotypes about Williams are that it is a great, small school that has a lot of money. Williams students are stereotyped as preppy, white, rich, liberal athletes.

Mirabel

They're ridiculously smart and cool.

Cameron

I believe there are two stereotypes about Williams. The first is that we are all a bunch of wealthy students, and others feel that we are a sort of "jock school."

Dylan

Williams students tend to be defined on and off-campus by a few keywords: "awkward", "athletic", "intelligent" and probably "granola".

Britt

I think we are usually stereotyped as the "work hard, play hard type." I remember reading a college guide that basically accused the campus of being a meeting ground for type A personalities who had drinking problems.

KJ

That they're preppy or pretentious.

David

jock, drinking

Rob

Preppy, elitist, liberal, polo-shirt-wearing, rich New Englanders.

Alice

Preppy, intense, elite, athletic, wealthy, studious, smart, independent

Dan

Williams students are usually perceived as smart jocks that might be just a bit too preppy.

Parker

Preppy, rich, old money, snobbish, white

Jared

Prestigious, preppy, jock, WASP-y, rich school, straight A students

chuck

rich, nerd

Adrienne

They are really smart and really athletic and everyone is really happy all the time.

Jess

Williams students are often thought to be nerdy, wealthy, and snobbish according to my friends at other colleges.

Leah

highly academic but very athletic too

Kendall

That we are wealthy, athletic, and smart.

Kelly

They are smart. They are rich. They are nice people. They drink a lot. They are not action-packed.

Simon

White, elite, wealthy, smart, study really hard, athletic

alexis

People often think that all Williams students are athletes, that we are an overwhelmingly jock school. They think that, as non-athletes (or non-varsity athletes), there will be no community or place for them.

David

That they are preppy, rich, white kids.

Hannah

Williams students are smart

Miriam

All Williams students are athletes and party hard.

Elenor

very athletic

Emma

That we are all Jocks, that we are trapped in the Purple Bubble.

Jacqueline

That Williams students are rich, white, and snobbish.

Sharon

They're all real preppy, the girls aren't so cute.

Stephanie

Athletic, outdoorsy, like to party, well-rounded, intelligent

Sam

everyone is wealthy, everyone can really afford Williams, preppy clothes, maybe a little stuck up

Denise

jock school

Eric

Williams students are thought of to be very intelligent, hardworking (sometimes too much so), and athletic.

Christina

Williams students are thought of as nerds by non-Williams students. However, there are more jocks here and more partiers than your typical nerd. People also think that Williams students are very studious. This is not usually the case.

Kevin

Most of us are nerds, most of us aren't very good looking, many are smart jocks

Jennifer

Student body is: preppy, friendly, incredibly smart but laid-back, very athletic/outdoorsy, well-rounded College is: academically rigorous with a sense of humor, lacks tons of diversity

Ben

That it's preppy, too focused on athletics, or, alternately, too focused on studying

Ashley

4.0 students working hard and partying harder; diverse community;

Ariel

preppy nerdy rich ambivalent to politics/social issues jocky

Becky

That the girls are ugly, that we are all rich and preppy.

John

Really smart, really cordial (i.e. very nice) but hard to get to know better, all are varsity sports player

Daniel

jock school