Gettysburg College Top Questions

I suppose there are a lot of people like that at school, but that is definitely not the case for me. I go to school on scholarship and government aid. I also know plenty of other people that that's not the case for. But yeah, I can see where that stereotype comes from.

There are those who fit the stereotypes but there are many who do not and are much more than that.

Not enitrely. If one person is like the stereotype it gets spread to everyone because the campus is so small. We actually have a lot of international and students from different backgrounds. And not everyone is a Civil War expert!

Personally, I don't think so. Yes, there are a lot of rich, high-class intelligent white people here. However, not everyone is like that. I think our campus is extremely diverse with gradients of class, races, ethnicities, and ranges of intelligence. I know I'm not extremely smart, I'm not rich, and I'm definitely not hardcore Christian, so I definitely don't fit the stereotype most people have. And a lot of other people don't. So I definitely think it's safe to say that that those stereotypes aren't completely accurate. Which is good because there may be people out there who don't want to go to a college with snotty, rich people. The unfortunate thing is that because of the nature of people (sometimes), they see that stereotype and run away from it because they might think "Hey, I'm not a rich hardcore Christian white kid who's really smart, so I won't fit in". They don't give this college a chance to find out that Gettysburg isn't full of snotty, white, supersmart and super religious people, like I did.

yes alot of girls are snobby and most of the kids fit that persona but not everyone. You cant place everyone into one category at any college.

-a portion fit it

yes.

Yes

For the most part.

for about 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body, yes.

These stereotypes aren't accurate- over 60{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of Gettysburg's students receive financial aid, and the average financial aid package is about $26,000. While some students pay full freight to come to Gettysburg, most do not. I have friends who can't afford tuition but are here on full rides.

The stereotype applies to about 70{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body.

I believe that we do not accept enough students from low income backgrounds. Three quarters of our campus does not even apply for student aid, and only half of the quarter who DO apply for aid receive it. I do not feel like I fit in sometimes because I am of a lower social class than the majority of the students who attend Gettysburg College.

The stereotypes are accurate to an extent. Yes, there are a lot of students who are wealthy and the campus does look like it could be featured in a J. Crew catalogue, but not everyone fits that description. Gettysburg is very generous in terms of financial aid in making sure that anyone who is qualified can afford to come here and we have very active diversity groups, like the Black Student Union, SALSA (an organization for Hispanic students), the Women's Center and the Intercultural Resource Center.

To a certain degree, yes. However, every college has wealtly students, they ones at Gettysburg dont dodminate the scene.

Some instances.

Certain parts of these stereotypes are true, such as many students here are part of the upper class of society. Nonetheless, all students have to work hard to get good grades and would not remain in this institution without working hard academically. There are many parties that go on at Gettysburg, but not all students chose to partake. There are other aspects of the Gettysburg social life other than fraternity parties.

to a degree, but you will find a mix at every school

to some degree, that stereotypes didn't just make themselves up. but i think that is a minority of students. i know at least, from a athletic perspective, there is a large majority of students who work really hard for everything they have, and a proud of all they accomplish.

For the most part, it is a mostly white school and mostly upper class. However, while some students are spoiled, there are plenty of students from wealthy backgrounds who do not flaunt their money or act if they are better then other students