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There's definitely a good amount of awkwardness on campus, for whatever reason, but I think it's endearing. As for the smart but unattractive stereotype, I don't think that's really true. What's so cool about this place is that everyone is just so different, and while the student body is predominantly liberal, it's really a very varied student body with a lot to offer.

Maybe we're a little socially awkward because we go to a very small school and you know more than you'd like to about everyone. The truth is, I'd take awkward over smooth any day. Smooth is an act. Awkward is honest, and can be charming.

Some of them sort of are, I do not think that there are fewer attractive people than at other schools, but in general people here are very studious. There are many who focus on their studies extensively, and the classes are challenging, to the extent that I would say demanding. The truth is not that people focusing solely on academics but that many students are general over achievers who either try to do it all or are very dedicated to one area, academics, sports, a club, or students run community forming activities (student council, etc.)

For the most part these setreotypes are true but one thing they don't tell you is that the hipster is the new hippie.

Oh yeah.

There are a few men who fit the stereotype but not overwhelmingly so! And I realized that when it comes to nerdiness, let's face it, you have to be a little nerdy and studious to get in and handle the work, but Haverford students are more complex than that and everyone does more than just study, whether it is playing a varsity sport, singing a cappella, being in a sketch comedy group or just hanging out with the kids that do those things. Haverford students are very involved beyond pure academics.

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Haverford students are certainly hard-working, but they work in such a way that it's never really a stressful environment. Part of that has to do with the fact that nobody knows anyone else's grades, and part of it I think has to do with the fact that the people at Haverford are the kinds of people who don't want academics to be a competition. They're all about learning, but are completely against stressing out. And I know plenty of guys who are not named Dan who are Jewish and hairy ;)

Kids are not mega-dweebs or mega-hippies, but somewhere in between. We tend to be motivated procrastinators, or alternatively, really mellowed out nerds. It usually strikes a good balance, but there are a few oddballs in the population. Haverford is not a community college. Obvi.

to some extent, awkward is thrown around a lot, same with upper-class and white, although i must say i am either, perhaps a bit awkward, but people really are diverse. too many northeasterns. and most are around middle-class