University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Top Questions

We are very liberal. Minnesota is just a snowy, barren wilderness. Not much city life.

I think when most people come here from out of state the movie Fargo is a stereotypical Minnesotan image that the whole midwest has to deal with. It seems like all out of state people want to hear us says "Out about in a boat" just to find out how we say our 'O' sounds. "Minnesota nice" is also another phrase that is associated with the university as well as the surrounding areas.

The campus is too big and the students are lost on it, trying to find a meaningful part to their education/

I'm not really sure about the UMN student body as a whole, but there are stereotypes about students based on their college. The Institute of Technology students are antisocial nerds, while the College of Biological Sciences students are the social nerds who have sex. The College of Liberal Arts students are the slackers and art majors. Carlson School of Management students are arrogant and constantly wear suits. Then CFAN is for the future farmers.

Many stereotypes that I heard before coming here mainly had to do with "big-city" people. Those that live or grow up in big cities are often thought of as rude, pushy people. Also Many are thought of as unfriendly.