Carnegie Mellon University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Carnegie Mellon University?

Edmund

"CMU hot. That's like Pitt smart." CMU students are awkward socially and can't get girlfriends to save their lives.

Lauren

That they're really competitive, not-fun, sit in their rooms all day and work, constantly stressed and don't sleep often because they have so much work. Drama majors are loud, CS majors are reclusive

Danielle

Ugly girls, impossible academics, all asian student body, no partying or partiers, social hell

Jody

The biggest stereotype about CMU would be that we're all a bunch of nerds...even Bill Cosby told us that when he was the keynote speaker for Graduation in 2007. Another common stereotype is that CMU is known for requiring a lot out of its students when it comes to academics.

Maggie

CMU is often stereotyped as extremely academically challenging and the students are thought of as nerdy and socially awkward introverts.

Alonzo

students are nerdy

Nico

incredibly nerdy and antisocial, cant hold a conversation with anyone but a computer

Liz

That they're antisocial, awkward, and all-around dorky.

Tony

Intelligent Diverse Nerdy

Liz

No social lives, weird, unattractive