Mount Holyoke College Top Questions

Most people are lesbians and evil feminists.

That we're not as smart as the Smith students. Sometimes it's true, sometimes it's not. I personally was accepted to both but decided to come here, partially because people here were simply nicer. Another: there are more than the average percentages of lesbians, bisexuals, etc. Absolutely true, but so what?

That we're all lesbians who want to study international relations or gender studies.

One significant stereotype regarding MHC is that students do nothing but study.

Among the Seven Sisters school we are sort of known to be the "party school," and as an all women's college the stereotype tends to be that the majority of our students are butch lesbians.

that were all either whack job lesbian feminists, or prissy prude conservative daddy's girls only here to find a husband and become a perfect trophy wife

lesbians, feminist, liberal

that there is a large gay population, and that Mount Holyoke women hate men

That we are all are or become gay. That we are all rich and snobby. That we drink and party all the time. That we hook-up with any guy. We hate men.

Totally gay or straight and desperate, smart women,

over-stressed, stuck up, hypersensitive about political correctness

People are in one of three catogroies, Gay, Rich or of Color

That we party all the time and aren't as serious as Amherst or Smith with our studies. And that because we're an all girl school the majority of people on campus are lesbians.

That this is a community of intense gay pride, GPA paranoia, diffcult classes and multilingual speakers. Essentially sort of daunting socially.

Most people are under the impression that Mount Holyoke is a college full of very "butch" man-hating feminists. This stereotype seems to hold for any all-women's college and Mount Holyoke does not escape this broad generalization.

That we love kissing girls all the time always

Only horse riders go to Mt Holyoke

girls are too snobby

Everyone is queer or a homosexual.

Mt. Holyoke women were considered to be very preppy?