Carleton College Top Questions

The stereotypical Carleton student: 1. Does not give a damn what he or she looks like. 2. Is a tree-hugging, Bush-hating (pun intended), pro-choice, anti-war liberal. 3. Outstrips most of the population intellectually.

That Carleton students are nerds, socially awkward, and unkept.

That the students are really intellectual, nerdy, liberal, earthy, and "ugly".

rich, smart, socially inept, very nice

Ugly and very strange. Extremely friendly and creative.

Carleton is stereotyped to be a high-caliber school. Carleton students are stereotyped to be socially awkward students who overly focus on grades and think they are the best things ever.

The word 'quirky' is thrown around quite a bit; I'm still not sure what this means, to be honest, but I have a suspicion. In high school, there were jocks, cheerleaders, b-boys, math kids, student council members and a whole bunch of other types. Easily defined groups. At Carleton, this sorting and stratification supposedly doesn't exist. Instead, each Carleton student is endowed with an array of interesting, unique talents, and is compelled by virtue of the community's warmth and openness to share and nurture these talents.

Carls love to learn, are quirky, but work hard and play hard. We know how to work really hard and learn a lot but also to have a lot of fun. Most carleton students are silly and don't take themselves too seriously.

We're smart, hardworking, not particularly attractive, and we drink a lot on weekends. Also that we are liberal and fairly active politically and social.

That we are nerdy and don't care how we are dressed. A lot of students look like bums, in their sweats. The people here are ugly.

People say Carleton students are very liberal, non-competitive, open, very involved, friendly, and busy. Also that they can be a little socially awkward and not as attractive as the average college student.