Macalester College Top Questions

Macalester students are supposedly very liberal, very studious, and very nerdy.

I think that the main stereotype is that Macalester students are hippies and to the farthest degree of "left" that one can be.

We're tree-hugging Birkenstock wearing liberals.

Hippie kids, extremely liberal, internationalism

Akward, rich and nerds, party hard

Pot-smoking, liberal, hippies that dance around their hookas in the late-night hours discussing politics and racial issues. Either that, or socially inept and sexually frustrated dorks who play Magik the Gathering and frequently quote Star Wars.

Liberal, pot-smoking hippies. Average Mac student is either a midwesterner, a wealthy West/East coaster, or a wealthy international student. We are also considered the most queer-friendly campus in the US, which I have generally found to be true. There is also a HUGE Jewish population on campus who organize tons of events and even have a residential area called the "Hebrew House" or "HeHo." Oh, and we are AWFUL at sports.

I'd say that an "internal stereotype" of the school (one that is held by people within the community) is that Macalester aims for a progressive image, but in practice is not as forward-thinking, or does not match its "facade" of multiculturalism, equal-opportunity to education, environmental responsibility, etc. This stereotype is mostly propagated by students to characterize the apathy or inaction of the administration or professors, though it can also be applied by students to the rest of the student body.

This is a very liberal school, full of hippies.

We're all left-wing, politically active, smarty-pants protesters, hippies, and hipsters.