Terry
They are obsessed with expensive property and showing it off to one another.
Katie
That they drink a lot. That we are abig party school.
Lucy
The biggest stereotype is that we are all football crazed, Greek racists.
Kati
All Greek students and preppy. They drink all the time and party everyday.
Caitlin
That people come here just to party and/or become Greek. Also, that Bama Greeks are all the same, don't have good GPA's, and don't try to study hard. Another is that people think that because UA is so large, people will get lost in the crowd and become just another number in a class.
Jennifer
I don't really know if there is a stereotype. I guess maybe that we are all here to party.
Parker
The University of Alabama may always have to contend with its past. Unfortunately, the state of Alabama, and the University itself, is infamous for Governor George Wallace's "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door". Students may be perceived as "backwards" or "redneck", and these perceptions lead to the stereotype that students at the Capstone are unintelligence or less capable than students at other Universities. Many people also consider UA to be a "party school" and a school that only cares about athletics, specifically football.
Morgan
One stereotype is that all students at UA drink a lot.
Kathleen
Greek life is all there is. You won't have any fun if you don't join one.
Jessica
Everyone thinks that we hate Auburn with a passion. Yeh, we may have bit of competitiveness when it comes to football, but hey we are Alabama. So if you are an AU fan, here at Bama, we are not going to stone you. We will just try to convert you!
But seriously, I didn't hear a lot about stereotypes at UA before I got here. You don't really notice it until you get here. I guess the biggest stereotypical thing on campus would have to be the people in soroities and fraternities. Yeh, they are pretty crazy at football games, but they aren't that bad on campus. I have friends in both soroities and frats, and there are a couple of people who show you that those stereotypes aren't always right.
Stephen
Most people think that UA students are all drinkers and partiers.
Haley
there are Greeks and non- Greeks. and the way people behave, their social rank, etc are designated.
KJ
A lot of people think that UA students are a bunch of rednecks. Even our rival school, Auburn University, which is located in the same state seem to think so. Also, a lot of people think that racism is big here. One final thing--people think most UA students only care about Alabama football.
Kelsey
All we want to do is party. Everything revolves around football.
Todd
We drink alot. We party alot. We love football too much. We love Bear Bryant too much. We live in the past. There are no friday classes. Greeks are jerks
Brittany
One of the most common stereotypes about UA students would definitely be that we do not do anything but party. And of course, UA is looked at as a 'party school.'
Ashley
Party School, Drug School, Drunks, Drinking School
Tate
I think UA still has the rep of being a party school. Also, I don' t think people realize UA has some great academic programs
Laura
Prestige level and being haughty
Mitch
Football fanatics, Students love to party and drink constantly, A bunch of rednecks that are getting a "dumbed-down" education