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In some cases they are, is other cases they are not. I have friends here who exemplify the preppy new englander stereotype, and others that could not more unlike that. The one that is probably true, though is that everyone here is pretty smart. Even the athletes I've met are for the most part very clever.

We have lots of fun here, there are people who don't go out at all but the majority of people are social and don't work all the time.

No, they are only correct for some

Harvard is so diverse (that is the only one I can say is entirely true) that while it is true you'll find people who fit all of these stereotypes, not any one Harvard student fits all of them, and you'll find many students who fit none.

Sometimes, for some people.

These stereotypes are almost 100{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} accurate.

This is a bad question. I think so.

Pretentious: some. There are definitely students who are full of themselves, and some elitist groups (finals clubs, for example), but most students aren't like that. Study all the time: No. We just tend to overburden ourselves, which leads to us studying when we don't have anything else to do. Rich: Somewhat. The socioeconomic range is pretty big. Very difficult: Depends on the classes you take, and how many. Generally we overburden ourselves with other things (extracurriculars) and that's what makes things hard...classes can vary from easy to extremely difficult. Fantastic living space: Ha. Beautiful outsides of the buildings. Not so great rooms, depending on which House you end up in. Immensely talented and brilliant: Actually, this one is true (I speak for the general population--there are a few exceptions, haha). I've learned more from Harvard students than from most other things on this campus.

About one in five stereotypes are probably true.

You will find those type of people everywhere, I haven't found them particularly numerous here on campus.