Alex
Sometimes these stereotypes are true, but we all manage to have a good time and get along.
Lindsay
To some extent. Everyone here is intelligent and has talents and interests that they pursue enthusiastically. But we certainly do not work all the time. It is a kind of work hard, play hard campus.
Laura
Sometimes. You will definitely work harder than you ever have before at Davidson. The laundry thing though? Truth is many students still do their own.
Sarah
Definitely not! We study hard, but we also have a lot of fun. And most students come from middle class families. Davidson's financial aid is really good, so paying for college isn't as bad as it seems.
Dale
For the most part, although there are definitely people who bring different things to the table. Davidson is not considered a "diverse" school in terms of ethnic minorities, but there are a number of students that have lived abroad or had really interesting life experiences. While the school is seen as more conservative than its northern peers, the environment is pretty liberal and open, even though there are conservative voices. Davidson kids are overachieving in most cases.
Casey
Some people are pretty snotty - but, by and large, folks here are really friendly and welcoming. There's tremendous economic diversity.
Callie
Davidson is small, but many (including myself) like that about the school. There are a lot of preppy kids, but Davidson is working hard to get diversity at the school, and from what I have seen the majority of students are open and welcoming to all kinds of people. As for the studying...we do study a lot, but your college experience is what you make it. If you want to study, you study, if you want to go out and have a good time, you find the time to do that.
Tate
Sometimes, but not for the most part.
Katherine
These stereotypes are not entirely true. Davidson students generally work hard AND play hard.
Monica
Well, yes. Davidson (the town) is very small (but growing), and the students here are definitely part-nerd (you have to be to get in here...). However, the smallness of the town makes Davidson a very safe and community-feeling place to go to college, and the "nerdiness" of the student body makes your education that much better. There are also MANY outlets for people to engage in social situations, so the nerdy part is really only during the week. Davidson is very much a work hard, play hard school.