Gettysburg College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Gettysburg College?

Laura

Half of the students are rich, conservative, materialistic, drunk preps, while the other half are nerdy, antisocial history freaks.

Lauren

Preppy, upper middle class, white students.

Jen

We party hard and all of us are in the Greek system.

Kate

That we are all a bunch of rich preppy kids who are smart- but also party a lot and wear boat shoes and pearls.

Kelly

The main stereotype is that they're all rich and there under daddy's dime.

Alex

Wealthy kids, low diversity, the epitomy of the Northeast coast

Megan

Gettysburg students are normally thought of as very wealthy, upper-class, preppy people and the campus is thought of as small and often very dull.

Allison

Preppy types, lots of Greek life and partying

Sarah

Gettysburg students are stereotyped to be wealthy, preppy and obsessed with grades/money/clothes/partying.

Vance

That it is a white and relatively wealthy student population, where almost everyone is involved in Greek Life.