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From what I've heard, Rice students tend to be a lot like most engineering-school students -- focused mostly on academics and extracurriculars that would look good on the resume. Socializing is a lower priority, while dating in particular is dead last.

Well, there are always those "athlete" "pre-med" and "academ or engineer" stereotyping, but stereotypes that are unique to Rice are "smart nerdy kids" and "socially inadequate". On the other hand, we are also perceived sometimes as "snobby and rich", which doesn't quite give an accurate picture of the demographics at Rice.

Nerdy

-"Work Hard, Play Hard" -- Rice students study a lot, but they also like to party. -Really smart, driven, and nerdy -Diverse socially, ethnically -50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} from Texas -Lots of engineers and premeds (there is an entire subtype of premed stereotypes--they're grade-grubbing and anal) -Unattractive, sexually clueless -Socially awkward

Nerdy, ugly, sheltered.

We're a bunch of unattractive, awkward nerds that do nothing but study.

Rice kids are a bunch of nerds.

I've heard Rice students variously (sometimes contradictorily) described as brilliant, socially awkward, nerdy, strange, upper-class, middle-class, ugly, apathetic, prudish, drinkers and secular.

Rice students are extremely nerdy and never come out of their room from studying. They are in the library 24 hours and are mostly social inept.

I think the stereotype of a Rice student is that he/she is ugly, smart, and socially awkward.