Denison University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Denison University?

Rachel

The general reputation, particularly surrounding the sororities, is that everyone is spoiled, rich, and wears designer clothes all the time. People tend to be portrayed as snobby and rude.

Paige

Denison students are stereotyped as white, preppy, conservative, rich kids from the Northeast. Denison is stereotyped as a party school because of it's rural location.

Jill

Common stereotypes are that Denison is very preppy and that all the kids who go there are rich. Also, even though the school is in the middle of Ohio, its gotten the reputation that a lot of the students are boarding-school kids from out east.

Chris

The most common stereotype about Denison students is that they are wealthy, white, privileged, and many feel very entitled.

Betsy

Denison students tend to be upper-class, fashionable, and ready to make their millions. Denison students, overwhelmingly, get dressed for their 8:30 classes, a fact that baffles me

Ali

That every Denison student is a wealthy snob who enjoys partying with their fraternity/sorority and doing drugs.

Heather

Some stereotypes are that all Denison students are rich, snobby, and drunk every night.

Julie

Rich, snobby, good school, party school

Kayanna

The girls are thought to be divided into two categories. Those who are "Ugg Girls" (ie: they wear Uggs, leggings, skirts, and have their hair flat-ironed all year around. If they look disheveled, it's intentional), and those who are not. If you attend Denison, you're thought to be very rich.

Patrick

Smart, Preppy, and Rich

Morgan

We are all a bunch "rich, racist, white kids." Very preppy and well-off.

Becca

People assume that everyone is very preppy and rich.

Kat

A lot of people think that it's extremely preppy. Some people think that as a small school it's boring, others who have heard about Denison's history assume that it's still crazy.

sarah

preppy, rich, frat and sorority obsessed

Alex

Steryotype #1: Denison is a party school. Steryotype #2: Denison is in the middle of nowhere. Otherwise... because Denison often finishes AFTER Kenyon at Swimming meets, it's a steryotyope that Kenyon is a better swimming program than Kenyon.

Parker

The stereotype is that Denison students are ignorant and privileged...they enjoy wearing pink shorts with lobsters on them and don't have to worry about finding a job after school because "Daddy's connections" have got them covered, they care more about fashion and being drunk rather than the state of the world or their own campus, another stereotype is that Denison is a bubble-'a college on a hill' isolated from the real world

Alex

Denison students are often stereotyped as rich, upper-middle class white kids who love a good party. Many, students or not, see Denison as a nice, safe, little bubble of a community up on a hill. Greek life is very prevalent. Conservative, traditional outlook and views.

Lauren

Students are very preppy, rich, white, affluent, east coast-ish

Evan

Denison is considered a party school with preppy students.

Brad!

Popped Collars and Pearls.