Hamilton College Top Questions

Rich White Preppy New Englanders

Everyone is rich and preppy. Everyone drinks.

rich, white, big drinkers

Work Hard, Party Hard Rich, white, pretty, preppy kids

Rich, north-eastern, and preppy

White, rich kids. A lot of money. Party a lot.

That the school is relatively all white and has many racist tensions. That the school itself as well as its student constituents are extremely wealthy. The varsity athletics are miserable.

People think everyone here is preppy and rich. They also think everyone is short.

Snobby upper class white kids from generallly private and new england prep schools. ellitist - jcrew catalogue kids

As a tour guide I have heard a lot and they include ~To liberal, ward churchill, hippie school ~To conservative, to rich, to preppy ~No diversity ~Drinks a lot ~Hard ~Exclusive greek life scene

Hamilton stupids piss excellence.

Light Siders are rich white assholes. Sporty types who go into finance, working for a friend of their parents. Dark Siders are pretentious indie kids who lord their art/music/whatever knowledge over everyone who doesn't look cool enough.

Has a reputation for being conservative, preppy, a lot of drinking and greek life.

That there aren't enough minorities.

We're incredibly preppy, have lots of money, and are almost exclusively white.

Everyone here is white, preppy, and have Platinum AMEX cards paid for by parents. Most students tend to come from Westchester County, NY or Connecticut.

Hamilton students are rich, white snobs who drink too much.

White, Rich, Ignorant

People picture Hamilton kids in general as being preppy, popped-collar WASPs. There are also Dark Side/Light Side stereotypes. Lightside (being the Hamilton side of campus) is for preps who like to drink beer, play sports, and pop collars. Dark side (the old Kirkland campus) is for artsy types, hippies, and other miscellaneous individuals.

One big stereotype about Hamilton students is that they're all rich preps that drink a lot.