University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Top Questions

Uh, I dn? Relative to what? It's a vast population and a top public university, meaning that by definition there is a varied collection of people who, while generally smart to some degree, have vastly different interests. To that extent, I will say that there really isn't much hindrance when it comes to pursuing whatever you want, either in school or without. If you want to do it, the size of the school is such that there will be at least a few others that want to do it and probably already are. I mean there's a friggin club for the terrifyingly huge squirrels that some mistake for "cute," when they should be described as "fearless bushy tailed rats."

That as students we are unattractive and not very fun

they are stuck up and full of themselves

well, there are two main types: the pretentious artsy trendy hipster and the obsessive nerdy overachiever

All smart, not fun. All jewish.

The biggest stereotype about michigan is that we have the ugliest girls in all of the big ten. And I will stand up tall and tell you RIGHT NOW that stereotype is...true. These girls might have had a higher GPA in high school than there best friends partying at University of Iowa, and it shows. When traveling the big ten no one has girls that are as nasty as those at Michigan.

While there are specific stereotypes regarding certain schools and organizations within UM (i.e. engineering, RC, fraternities/sororities), the school itself is far too diverse to have an all encompassing stereotype...except maybe that we are smart and work a lot, and really like football.

Michigan students are stereotypically rich, elitist, nerdy, or egocentric.

Michigan is the best big ten school. it has the perfect balance of education and partying. the students party very hard. the campus is very diverse. it is essential to live on the hill and your life will be miserable if you live on north campus.

Some people say that its not as big of a party school as Michigan State, and that all anyone does is study.

everyone is really smart and that they party really hard

That all of the girls have a sense of entitlement and only care about guys in popular fraternities, and the guys are in those fraternities are all guidos.

Michigan students are on two spectrums. They are either the hippy-Ann Arbor type or the over-privledged out of stater. There is a distinct line between these two groups. The Ann Arbor hippies wander around Ann Arbor, smoking pot, without a care. The out of staters infiltrate the Greek system and the bar scene- which is immensely underage. There people overwhelm the city with their obnoxious displays of wealth and most of all overwhelm the usually humble Ann Arbor atmosphere.

That all of the girls are ugly. That we are all high achieving snobs. That it is a completely secular campus and you cannot find any religious groups

That everyone at Michigan is Jewish That everyone is stuck up That over 50{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body is from Michigan That it is a hippie liberal school

Everyone is Jewish There is noone not in Greek Life Every boy is a frat boy

That girls are bitchy and materialistic

Ugly guys/girls, nerdy students, terrible social life. Some positive stereotypes are smart/desirable hires out of college, great football school.

Everyone associates Michigan with football and assumes that students who apply to the university are already diehard Wolverines. Also, people label Michigan as the school for Ivy League rejects.

I had heard that Michigan was full of pretentious, rich elitists. Some people told me the city was uber liberal while others said it was all "yuppies." The academic programs are supposedly among the best in the country, and the football team is infamous. Several of my high school peers declined to apply here for the reason that they perceived it as "too big".