Stacie
There's a wide variety of students at UMass Lowell ranging from "hipsters" to "geeks." I've found that you find different types of people in certain classes. For example, the music department contains students who play instruments that could fall into the "hipster" or "punk" category. The nursing or physical therapy department has students that fall under the "jock" category. If you're in an engineering class, those students tend to fall under the "geek" category.
Chelsea
At the University of Massachusetts Lowell, there are a variety of stereotypes. For example, music and art students are easy to spot, since they are often seen carrying large instruments or portfolios. I feel as though the athletes are somewhat more difficult to find, since nearly everyone sports some sort of clothing representing the school at one point or another. You'll also see people gathered by the entrances to buildings, smoking cigarettes. Geeks are pretty common, too, especially during the Humans vs. Zombies season. However, it is normally difficult to predict a person's stereotype based on their appearance. There are many more stereotypes in addition the few I mentioned, some more subtle than others, but they all contribute to UML's diversity.
Maggie
I don't really think that there's a stereotype at my school anymore. I mean, we have such a variety of students and majors that really everyone is so different. I really can't think of my school as a place that caters to only one type of student.
Samuel
The common misconception about Umass Lowell is that just because it is inexpensive it is a bad school. This could not be more untrue, Umass Lowell has been called 'The poor man's MIT' because of its exceptional value. Despite being a state school Umass Lowell was ranked 56th in the entire nation by the NY times.
James
The stereotype that really haunts the University of Massachusetts Lowell is the idea that it’s a safety school – a place that prospective students choose if they’re unable to get into the school that they initially chose. In some cases that happens to be true, but in my experiences talking with students and listening and learning from them, UMass Lowell has become a second home and an experience that they wouldn’t trade for any other university they could imagine. The educational opportunities and the campus life offer students so much, and the Times of London and US News and World Reports recently ranked the university in the top 200 tier internationally, which basically means one thing: this “safety school” is an internationally renowned, world-class institution.