University of Chicago Top Questions

-UC students spend all their time studying and they have no social life or social skills.

Really awkward (it's true), really serious, crappy parties.

U Chicago students are considered nerdy, awkward, not personable, unsocial, and smart. U Chicago is known as the place where fun comes to die.

When I decided to come to this school, I was aware of the University's reputation for having a bad social life. I couldn't imagine that any school of this caliber could really be that bad socially--I figured as long as there was an intelligent, diverse student body, I could always find my niche.

We're nerdy, we have no social skills, we live in an ivory tower. U of C students spend all their time studying - this is the place where fun comes to die. The quarter system means more work. The South Side is scary.

Geeky, religiously academic, intellectual, anti-social, elitist, rich, able to readily discuss any topic at an intellectual level, un-athletic, brilliant, and a lacking in personal hygiene.

Extremely nerdy and somewhat anti-social, as well as hyper-competitive academically.

Nerdy, anti-social. Often very self-centered, especially when it comes to time.

Nerds. Bad social skills. Depressed. Brilliant. Masochistic.

Everyone says UChicago kids are huge weird nerds.

Super dorky. Obsessed with their own intellectualism. Totally lacking in social skills. Quirky. Pretentious Indie kids who all tend to be Indie in the same direction.

nerdy, bad in social settings

Nerdy, anti-social, unattractive.

Extremely nerdy and academia-oriented; the saying is, "That's all well and good in practice, but how does it work in theory?" Active proponents of ivory-tower elitism. Limited social skills.

That we are all nerds and do nothing except study and are antisocial and weird

That we're over-evolved on the smart scale, but utterly under-evolved on the social skills scale. And we do nothing but study.

atni-social nerdly intelligent eccentric diverse strange philosophizing

Just look at our t-shirts: "where fun comes to die", "where the only thing that goes down on you is your GPA", "if I wanted an A I would have gone to Harvard". Basically, that we're all overly obsessed academics without any social skills whatsoever-a haven for the weird, the strange, and the unclassifiable. You know the kid who can't dress, answers every question in class, and screws up the curve? Yeah, that's EVERYONE at this school.

That they are unsociable nerds that take themselves too seriously.

Stereotypes include: being too nerdy for fun, being confined to rooms/the dorm or apartment/the library/Hyde Park, unfashionable, social awkwardness, and general unattractiveness.