Emerson College Top Questions

That all students here are gay, that they all smoke, and that they are all extremely flamboyant.

We are all artsy freaks who wear skinny jeans, leggings, and converse and smoke incessantly. Almost everyone did theater in high school and most of the guys are gay, so be careful who you hit on. Everyone is liberal and hates the Bush administration and is extremely vocal about their opinions. Upon graduating you will get a killer job because Emerson has THE best connections out of any college you apply to. Oh yeah, and everyone is a Jew or just thinks religion is pointless.

Emerson students are stereotyped as outgoing, creative, over achievers, homosexual.

Potheads, lazy, dirty, opinionated, radically liberal, smokers, career-oriented.

Gay, very gay. And also eccentric.

That they are all artsy and loud because they are all into communications. There's others but I can't really think of them right now.

They are all rich

Many people joke about the college giving students back their money if they don't graduate gay or a smoker.

The typical Emerson student is the hipster kid from a wealthy family who indulges in their uniqueness by taking other hipsters' fashion choices, film preferences, music tastes, etc. and explaining how their fashion choices, film preferences, music tastes etc. are more refined and unique.

I don't know of any that don't apply to other colleges as well