Syracuse University Top Questions

I am from a small school in Ohio and did not know of any stereotypes that were supposedly at Syracuse, and could not really see any when I arrived. Syracuse is supposedly a large part school with a large Jewish- and Italian-American population, but truthfully they are just the same as everyone else. People here are very proud of their nationality, and they definitely discuss it, but everyone is very accepting of all other stereotypes. I feel that you find what you go looking for, so if you are looking for a large party school or a lot of Jewish friends, you will definitely find them. But, if you are looking for friends to have fun and learn with who do not judge you in any way, you will also find that like i have. Al in all, the stereotypes are not very accurate. The one that is, however, is that in the wintertime a good 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of girls will have a long, black jacket, boots that look like Uggs, and leggings or skinny jeans on, but that is more of an inside joke because it is so true, rather than people making fun of them for it.

Since Syracuse University is a private institution, many people assume that only students from relatively affluent families attend here. In actuality, Syracuse University is a very diverse place, both in the demographics of our students, the opportunities that are available, and programs of study.

Syracuse students are seen as wealthy Northeast suburban kids who are often sports fans. There is also a stereotype that the school has a lot of Jewish students

Most kids work hard and play hard.

Syracuse has a lot of fun Fraternities. We are known for being the number 12 party school in the nation. With this there are a lot of frat kids that are crazy. There is also a stereotype of Syracuse being a very Jewish school. It is not true, but there are more jewish students at Syracuse than many other universities.

The stereotype is that all the girls wear ugh boots, leggings, and are in a sorority. The boys, well they are either in a frat or playing basketball. I don't think this fits our school at all! Yes, there are a lot of people involved in Greek life which is awesome, but not everyone is. I've met people such an array of people here, its great. Everyone from your ESF student studying the chemistry of tree moss growth to your spray-painting art student, your i-will-never-leave-Bird-library kid to your i-dont-give-a-crap student who's just here to party, and of course many imbetween. Its great.

The stereotype would be jocks, but there are really all different types of people because there are so many different colleges including the art school which i am in.

The biggest stereotype about Syracuse University is that it is a majority "Jewish Rich Kids". I think that the stereotype is extremely true, I mean tuition is extremely high and it is a majority Jewish. But I think the stereotype is presented so negatively and that leads to segregation amongst the different races here. So each race has their own little space on campus.

One general stereotype of Syracuse University is that many of the students are rich, Jewish girls who paid their way into a good college. In general, I don't think this is true. While many of our students are from the middle-upper classes, I think most people attending the university deserve to be there, based on the merit of their actions and the ability expressed by their prior education. Another stereotype deals with "frat boys and lax bros." While there is a good number of fraternity parties here, the school itself shouldn't be negatively affected by that. Most of these so-called "frat boys" are actually pretty smart people who just party a little harder than others on the weekends.

Most people think that people who go to Syracuse are all hardcore partiers. Although it is true that there are a lot of parties on the weekends and a lot of people who go to them, it is also completely possible to find a group of people who don't find it necessary to get trashed every weekend.