Lewis & Clark College Top Questions

NO! Yes, there are people who are "hippies," but there are people from everywhere, and everyone is different. A true statement about the LC community is that everyone is laid back. Everyone fits in at LC because we attract open-minded, laid back, inclusive people from all over the world.

Somewhat. There are more types of students such as ones who are really focused on studying, those who party a lot, and some in the middle.

I don't think any stereotype can describe L&C students. L&C attracts a diverse group of students. Within its small student body you see just about every kind of person so I would say that these kinds of people do exist, but no, it does not describe L&C students in general.

While there are people who smoke (like there are at every campus) this definitely isn't true. One of my favorite things about LC is the diversity of experience all of my classmates have. There is no way you can classify all LC students or even the majority of them into some sort of stereotype.

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Somewhat. I felt like there were two distinct groups. First, the Dungeons & Dragons/ World of Warcraft type guys. I was actually surprised at new student orientation to see what a large group of D&D kids were there. They are all very nice, and always seem to have something to do. The second group are hippie but faux hippie, like designer hippie. People who have a lot of money and pay a lot of money to look like a hippie. I also got the feeling that some people could get away with more because they had money. I can't even count how many times I heard students complaining about something and say "Well, I'll just call my mother and have her complain to the dean" or "I'll just get my parents to donate a bunch of money, and this write up won't even go in my school record." Not everyone is like this but I met more of them in a semester than I ever wanted to meet in my life.

Truth is there is a huge community of students that wish they were living in the 60's. However, there are plenty of students who do other things and everyone seems to get a long really well. There is not much of a division between students. Lewis and Clark provides rigorous academics as well and everyone is focused on school no matter what other activities they enjoy in their free time.

A couple. Of course any school that's as expensive as Lewis & Clark is going to have a lot of kids with money there, so the rich/semi-spoiled rumors are true in some cases (more the "rich" than the "spoiled"). There are a lot of hippie-ish kids around for sure, so that one's also true.

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I find this stereotype to be less accurate as the years progress and new generation are ushered into the oasis on Palatine Hill, affectionately known to those who bare the Orange and Black as L&C. Sure, there are some hippies still in my grade, but that makes them all the more special and remarkable.