Rebecca
Everyone seems to think that MIT students are geniuses, socially awkward and can fix any computer problem you come up with.
Harper
There is no partying; there is only studying. There is no liberal arts opprotunities, and no athletes. That only Asian kids end up there.
Piper
Nerds with no social skills
Gina
People seem to think MIT students are reclusive, boring, nerdy and have no fun because they study all the time.
Nico
MIT students don't step outside of their rooms/caves to do anything more than remind themselves that the sun does exists and that, therefore, the equations they are working on are accurate. Students are stereotyped as antisocial, hermetic creatures with weird laughs and far-fetched ideas who all have pocket protectors and carry around TI-89s. They have not time to step outside of the MIT bubble and know whether Bush is still president or if Osama has been caught. Extracurriculars may often be just that, extra, because all MIT students do is work, work, work, on p-sets.
Chris
nerds, not social, uptight
Carrie
There are too many to count. We're also supposed to be ridiculously smart. We're also supposed to be total nerds. People like to say that MIT students aren't attractive, don't get out much, don't dress well, and are constantly stressed. Also we're "eccentric".
KC
That we are nerdy, we make math/science jokes, we work all night, we don't have any fun.
Lisa
That were all geeks and nerds.
Jessica
We are nerdy, smart, open
Ash
All geeks, lack of social skills, very smart, all experts on computers, math, and sciences.
Casey
There's the stereotype that MIT means tons of homework, and the students are nerds and spend most of their time studying.
Michael
We are all dorks with no life.
Ashley
We're boring, nerdy people. We hug our calculators more than we talk to people. We don't have any atheletes because we spend all our time studying.
ari
workaholics
extreme social outliers
Gene
I'm not that aware of stereotypes about MIT made by the outside world. I know that there is a strong stereotype that MIT students are all really smart / engineering/science-type / motivated, which mostly tends to be true.
Jenn
That we're all nerds, we lack social skills, we're weird, etc. Stereotypes about MIT are that it is way too hard, students never get sleep, students are ugly, no one plays sports.
Wally
They are GOOD in numbers.
Emmerson
no social capability