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That it is fully of wealthy, beautiful, blonde, beach loving coeds with brains.

Some say we're too "nerdy" for being a good school, and some say we're "overrated" for really being a bunch of partiers who are just naturally smart (and therefore get by)... However, there are a lot of good stereotypes also, such as the fact that we're a well-rounded school who knows how to study hard, and party just as hard (if not harder!). One other negative stereotype is also that UCLA isn't consistent with their admissions, and they reject some people who "should get in" and accept some people who "shouldn't get in."

I don't know, but I can tell you this college seems to be very athletics oriented. I personally am not a fan of all the sports and "school spirit." The sense that I get is that UCLA is more frat/sorority oriented while Berkeley is more co-op oriented. Consider yourself warned. But I could be wrong, and this could simply be my reaction to the class divide here. After all, the median income of student's families here is $74K, that's like "oh my god," sixty percent higher than the national average. By the way, don't you hate when people enunciate their statements as if they were asking a question. "I don't know. I think UCLA students are like, cool?"

Nerds

UCLA students are typically seen as very smart and study hard

Most people think that UCLA students tend to be superficial because we're from Los Angeles. Also, our school is sterotyped as the asian school because they make up almost half of the student body.

I guess one of the stereotypes is that the student body is loaded almost entirely of Asians, hence the explanation of UCLA being the "University of Caucasians lost among Asians."

they recieve all A's, they have no social life, all asians

campus is sheltered, UCLA is too sporty, students are HOT but materialistic, LA is gross

asian, smart, studious

The student body is diverse enough so that it is difficult to pin down a general "stereotypical UCLA student." And that's a fortunate thing: we are one of the most excellent public institutions of higher learning, as well as one, if not THE most famous and world-renown. Our students go out into the world with the knowledge of this, making most UCLA students "stereotypically" high achievers.

There is the famous "Caucasians lost among Asians" stereotype. I'm sure many believe that there are a ton of "nerds" at UCLA and also that these are the students that couldn't get into USC. hmmm...

All Asians Lots of sports/ jocks Smart Film-obsessed

That they are all rich and spoiled white and asian kids.

Lots of white and Asian people.

University of Caucasians Lost in Asia. UCLA students have a reputation of being smart, responsible, book worms. We don't go out, especially the pre-meds who don't even shower. We're the "less athletic" of the two big LA schools because we don't win at football.

The stereotype is that there are a lot of athletes and sorority girls.

Some prevalent stereotypes of UCLA include UCLA: "University of Caucasians Lost among Asians," indicating a large population of asian and white students in comparison to a relatively small number of other ethnicities. UCLA students are also viewed as studious rather than partiers.

That all people do is study, its all asian people, people are sports obsessed

Stereotypes regarding UCLA are usually just associated with being in LA - lots of hot blonde girls, cute surfer boys, fashionable, all that. That if you come here, you'll see celebrities, have a ton of fun experiencing downtown LA, expand your boundaries. There's also a great academic connotation, and if you say you go to UCLA, people are typically pretty impressed and assume you know your stuff. Also it's often said nearly half the kids at UCLA are asian.