Colgate University Top Questions

Some stereotypes about Colgate and Colgate students are that we are out of the loop of major events and stuck in the "Colgate Bubble". There is also the perception that the students are pretentious and entitled.

Colgate: Middle of nowhere, picturesque, cold Colgate students: Preppy, rich, white, from NJ CT or NY, wear Northface and J.Crew, own a Jeep Grand Cherokee, drink water out of a Nalgene

Stereotypes about Colgate students always include that we are rich, snotty, over-privileged party animals. Stereotypes about Colgate itself almost always involve the lack of diversity of the student body.

The most prominent stereotype is that all Colgate students are "preppy," the guys wearing pink polos with popped collars, the females decked out in J. Crew from head to foot. We're supposedly all filthy rich and model attractive, maintaining our golden glows and svelte figures as well as our grades. Of course, besides working hard, we're known to party hard and rack up the consequential one-night stands, garnering us our reputation as a "hook-up" campus, rather than one conducive to steady relationships.

A common stereotype is that everybody is really rich and preppy. Also that we are a huge party school

preppy, rich

That everyone is wealthy, and intelligent. That the school is very good, in the Ivy League, too expensive and a dentistry school.

Snowy Students: Rich, Apathetic, Fratty, White, SparkNote-using, preppy

All we do is drink, winter is hell

Stereotypes about Colgate is that it is a preppy college with individuals who have a lot of money.