Princeton University Top Questions

Conservative old money... entitled. Nerdy. Not diverse.

that Princeton students are largely elitists, lame/not outgoing, geniuses, nerdy

that there are a bunch of either "nerds" or really stuck up rich kids that just dominate campus in most aspects, and that Princeton is extremely competitive and very hard academically

That they are very privileged and stuck up

Arrogant, cocky, elitist

They are wealthy, preppy, conservative machinists. They are competitive and cut-throat.

The stereotypical princeton student doesn't drink, smoke, or party. He/she is really into their work and really wants to make a difference in the world.

Princeton and its students are stereotyped as elitist, detached from the world in a bubble of debauchery and pursuit of their own goals (career, social, or other) without a care for anything that really matters. The eating clubs, for their part, are often seen as bastions of this sort of elitism, exclusive institutions which promote the sort of entitlement for which Princeton as a whole is often stereotyped.

preppy, competitive, hard, stuck up, elitist, southern

Well-rounded, smart, preppy, elitist.

J. Crew, trust-fund babies

That we all wear pastel polo shirts and shorts. That we are very preppy, privileged, and filthy rich. That it is a very wealthy and incredibly prestigious school.

smart, rich, preppy, conservative, abmitious

Princeton is often made out to be a bastion of elitism made up of rich, WASP-y students from New England prep schools and old Southern money.

Douchebags, rich kids, conservatives, token minorities

-Everyone here is rich -Everyone here is preppy -Everyone here is Type A -"Work hard/play hard"

Stuck up, elite, rich.

That we are all stuck-up, spoiled brats who have had every luxury imaginable handed to us by our parents on a silver platter. That we are all rich. That you have to have a perfect SAT to get in. Or if you don't have a perfect SAT then you have to be a legacy student.

I have heard that we make far too many abbreviations. e.g. "obvi" or the painfully ironic "abrev"

Princeton students are extremely preppy. Princeton pre-meds are uber competitive, obsequious, and socially awkard.