Colgate University Top Questions

Colgate students generally come from upper middle class suburban homes in the New England area. Most are attractive, athletic and intelligent. The campus is white with minimal diversity. Academic experience can be extremely demanding. The dating scene is practically non-existent and hook-ups are the norm. There are few things to do on the weekends other than drink and go to frat parties. Colgate students work hard but party harder. The winters suck.

That Colgate is full of rich, preppy kids from the NY/NJ/Conn. who "work hard and play hard."

Colgate students are said to be preppy and mostly from the north-east. There are a lot of athletes, it's a "fit" school, people tend to have money, and the average student is a very hard worker and smart.

We are all preppy, rich, and crazy partiers.

Preppy, rich, conservative, and heavy drinkers.

Colgate students are preppy, wealthy, and cliquey. They work hard and party hard. Everyone here is an overachiever, and everyone here binge drinks on a regular basis. Frat parties are the only social happenings here.

preppy, work hard - party hard

That it's a huge party school and that people are generally really friendly and laid back

Preppy, Spoiled, Rich, Bro, Smart, Attractive, Thin, Fit, Sports-oriented

That we are all rich, preppy, and white students. It also gets around a lot that we are a party school.