Knox College Top Questions

We are a bunch of rich, snobby intellectuals

Snobbish, Nerdy, Socially awkward, rich kids.

knox students tend to be white, wealthy and stuck up

Knox students are snobbish and into excessive partying

First of all, Knox students are considered to be extremely bad at sports. Second of all, Knox students are considered to be pretty much involved in everything...the average student might be a chem major who dances in her spare time, and still manages to find time to volunteer at the local Boys and Girls club. Knox students are also rumored to form a very close community, both on campus and with the town.

Liberal Artsy

Knox students are generally thought to be a unique group. No one is the same as someone else. We all come from different backgrounds and have different interests so literally every type of person is represented on our campus...except for maybe those that people would classify under the typical "state-school" stereotype.

party hard potheads smart

One large stereotype is that Knox is a rich-kid school. Another is that Knox is completely liberal in it's opinions.

That Knox students are rich, white Chicago suburbanites who are pretentious as hell; that Knox is a really difficult school; that everyone is liberal.

Ecologically friendly, "green", hippies, creative artsy people

That we're all a bunch of pot-smoking hippies who have nothing better to do than laze around, ignoring homework to go to parties.

too liberal, democrats, very diverse and talented students, from suburbs of chicago, not chicago!

Generally, the students are very liberal. It is a small liberal arts college and is a good school.

Many, but in general nerds, socially awkward, and what I call sheltered, I guess nice could count too.

We're all liberal hipsters

Knox students are very nerdy. They aren't all nerdy in the same way. Some students are nerdy in the "I study seven hours a day" kind of way. Others are nerdy in the, "I play video games all the game," or the, "I love live action roleplay kind of way." Others spend half their time trying to make art. We are also stereotypically very bad at sports.

A lot of people are stuck in the stereotype that Knox students are a bunch of liberal arts hippies.

That we are open-minded and diverse, which is true. That we are stuck-up and wealthy for going to an expensive private school, which is by and large false-- Knox simply extends gratuitous financial aid to all types of students. That we are stuck in the Knox bubble and disconnected from the real world. This is true to some extent because most students stay on our small campus most of the time, however, the Knox curriculum emphasizes learning about the world outside from many distinct angles and disciplines so as to contruct a "wholer" understanding of what we're interested in. Though we may act somewhat disconnected while at Knox, I would argue that this type of in-depth education serves to provide us with a better approach to the outside world once graduated.

Nerds, Hippies, Rich Kids, Angry Liberals/Feminists/Activists, Alcoholics