Connecticut College Top Questions

yes

In some ways, but there is a bit of diversity.

Some are, but there are more people that don't fit the stereotypes than those that do

Some students are preppy, and most are rich, but for the most part they are all smart and kind people.

Somewhat. Perhaps it is because of associations with "Connecticut" but Conn College is not as preppy as comparable schools. While students tend to be wealthy, New Englanders from private schools there is a large contingency of off-beat, artsy kids at Conn that balance the preppier types. Therefore, there really is no Conn "type", there is a nice balance of preps, nerds, gamers, athletes, and most who do not fall into any one catagory.

Not at all. Demographically lots of the student body would be considered WASPS, but they are largely engaged, intelligent and kind. The ones who aren't are easily identified and avoided.

I disagree with this stereotype whole heartedly. While the school is beautiful it is in no way a country club nor is the general population white, rich and snobby, on the contrary we are mostly liberal open minded intellectual young men and women who are willing to hear and listen to all sorts of ideas and opinions and who do so much in the way of social change both within our immediate community and the greater society

No

yes

Not at all, I've met many people from all over the place with an array of different backgrounds.

We do drink a lot. Probably more than the stereotype suggests. There are all kinds of people at conn.... not just preppy kids.

Yes fairly accurate

I bet not!

And while this may be true for a number of people, not everyone here fits that category. I know I'm certainly not driving my Land Rover around campus and wearing expensive designer clothes everyday! As a matter of fact, none of my friends are either. I think that this stereotype is similar for a lot of the NESCAC schools, but when you really start to talk to people, you realize that people at Conn come from all kinds of backgrounds.

definitely a lot of prep schoolers

I mean out of any state Massachusetts definitely is the most represented state on campus. At the same time though there are many students from other parts of the Northeast as well as some from the West, Midwest and South. Not to mention internationals, I think we have a relatively high percentage of international students for our size.

I would say that these stereotypes are accurate for the majority of students; however, that does not mean that everyone is preppy or from the upper-class. Many students dress in a preppy style, and hail from New England.

only with some people, most don't fit the physical and demographic stereotype as for the stereotype that our school is the safety school, that is true for about 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students

I think any private liberal arts college is going to have kids who fit this stereotype, but I personally have found a group of friends that is completely opposite from the stereotypes!

No, they're not. See previous answer.