Syracuse University Top Questions

Is the stereotype of students at Syracuse University accurate?

Natalie

Nope.

Alex

Not necessarily, there are a lot of wealthy students but not all students in Syracuse are wealthy.

David

Yup

Joey

1. It is a cold winter, but they do a really good job of keeping things manageable - streets are always clear, and the cold weather just becomes a part of life - you deal with it and complain but it rarely ever stops you from doing what you want to do. 2. Last I heard it was about 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} Greek. I live my life totally unaffected by the greek system. 3. True.

Joe

For the most part, yes. Surprisingly, it seems as though the majority of students here are Jewish--oh, and rich! It seems kind of like a contest to see how everyone is dressed, and who can outdo who.

Kristen

Partly

Parker

In the beginning and end of the years, the temperatures got to the 90's and in the winter they were around freezing, the same as most campuses in the northern half of the country. Every college has these types of people, but if you search you find people that are just like you and people you can get along with. I, myself, do not have a million dollars to spend for college. The office of financial aid helps people with financial problems every day to help go to their schools. Syracuse has one of the top Theater programs in the country and turned out stars like Taye Diggs in the process. Whitman school of Management turns out fortune five hundred tycoons while getting a great education at school. The Setnor School of Music, although underfunded, is a great place to grow as a person and a musician.

Robin

There is some truth to them - there are snobs in Newhouse but most of them are cool people, there are gay/promiscuous/experimental individuals in drama but not everyone, there are many different races and ethnicities in the Engineering and technical schools, Whitman does have a lot of hot guys but not all of them, and sometimes the minority groups do have the tendency to stick together but that doesn't mean they won't hang out with you.

Dawson

To an extent; the majority of the students do in fact focus far more energy on partying than academia, but when you get into the programs that Syracuse is highly ranked (i.e. Architecture, Theater, etc.) you find a completely different caliber of students.

Lisa

Yes, there are a lot of rich kids who participate in Greek life, but it's easy to find if you want it and it's easy to avoid if you want nothing to do with it. Yes, it's cold, but it's not that cold. It's more the wind than anything else. But it's fun.