San Francisco State University Top Questions

Being that many consider SFSU as a second tier school, there is a stereotype that SFSU students lack intelligence.

Very liberal vegans.

Politically active Diverse

Communter school. Students have to work a lot and go to school a lot.

1) SFSU accepts students that do poorly in school either in high school or in a two year community college.

We are typically dubbed as a very diverse set of students where it is hard to meet other individuals.

Strictly a commuter school with no good social life, lack of community, anti-Israel sentiments

The same stereotypes that people have about San Francisco...that we are all extremists, homosexuals, hippies, foreigners, etc...As a Cal State school, people probably think we do not have as much money as our UC counterparts.

I honestly don't know any of the stereotypes. I'd guess they'd have to deal with how undemanding the school workload is, and how diverse the students are.

We're open minded liberal San Francisco types, often times associated with homosexuality, sex drugs and rock n' roll in general. We're all into protesting and being politically active. Then there are some people that think we're not as intelligent because we're at a state school. Then people believe it is a school full of commuters.