The University of Alabama Top Questions

Students at the University of Alabama are perceived as many of the people who call the "Deep South" home. Descriptions include "redneck", "hayseed", "hick", or backwards, all of which have the connotation of unintelligence or agrarian. Students may also be labeled as racist.

A lost of people think that UA is an all-white institution and that we are is a bunch of frat guys and sorority girls who get trashed every night and all major in business.

Southern, bad academics, football school, party school, closed minded,

Whenever I talk to people from other schools, they always ask if I am Greek and if I party a lot. UA is stereotypically a party school and most people assume that you have to be Greek to be involved on campus. Also, they say we are football fanatics!

Greeks dominate the campus, drinking and smoking is the way of life

That all they do is party but that's not all we do and we don't all party the same way.

We party all the time, we only care about athletics, particularly football, and our lives are spent plotting against Auburn University and the University of Tennessee

UA's biggest stereotype is that it is a huge football school. The students are southern, mostly from Alabama who all love hunting and drinking Bud Lite.

1) That we are all spoiled. 2) That we party too much. 3) That we are racist. 4) That we want Bear Bryant to be our coach and no one else will do. 5) That we are just a party school.

Many people think UA students are close-minded Bible thumpers stuck in the 1960s. The University also has a reputation for being a party school dominated by Greek life.

We are thought of as a party school that is focused on football all of the time.

We like to party

Party school, go out every single night, always something to do, everyone is always drunk and partying

It is a party school.

Ummmmm.....I don't really know...I haven't heard any...oh, except the white sorority girls (particularly the Tri-Delts) happen to be whores

Some of the stereotypes I perceive about UA students are that the majority of the students are from smalltown, racist Alabama towns and aren't as cultured. Other stereotypes paint Alabama students as beacons of southern hospitality, but conservative and resilient to change.

Alabama is a big football school. If you aren't a member of the Greek system, then you won't have any fun at Alabama because the Greek system rules everything at Alabama.

The university is only about sports (football). Also, since the UA is associated with the "bad side" of the civil rights movement (during the '50s and '60s) that we're still "backwards" and country. Finally, there is a stereotype that there isn't much to do in Tuscaloosa, AL.

Everything is centered around football and we drink and party all the time. UA is always going to be stuck in the "60s" and racist.