Colgate University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Colgate University?

Rory

We're all from New Jersey, we're all really rich, and we're all super preppy. Oh, and we all want to be investment bankers. No one has a liver any more because we all go out 5 nights a week.

Lindsay

preppy affluent entitled inconsiderate prep-school B+ kids

Jesse

I would say that some big stereotypes are that the student body is rich, homogenous, snobby and preppy and everyone dresses in the same designer labels. I also think that it's a stereotype that most of the girls here have eating disorders.

Sarah

Preppy, upper class, white, suburban, smart, well-rounded, energetic, athletic kids

Elise

I think that some of the stereotypes about Colgate are that the student body is very homogenous and that most of the students are white and part of the upper-class. Another stereotype is that there is not much to do at Colgate except for drinking.

Becky

preppy/waspy.. alcoholic.. jocky. good looking.

Eric

We're all attractive underachievers. Oh, we're mostly loaded too.

Eileen

Colgate students are stereotypically prescribed as preppy, priveleged white kids who drink and smoke too much. Due to the geographical isolation of the campus, outsiders think there is nothing to do here other than party.

Lauren

Colgate students are often labeled as work hard, play hard students, and there is also the label of Colgate students being "preppy".

Katrina

Preppy, smart, rich, good-looking, "out of a catalog" style, beer drinkers, big partiers, work hard party hard, fit,