University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill?

Karen

The stereotype I hear the most is that UNC students and alum are arrogant, snotty rich people. Members in greek organizations also get a bad repuation of being especially stuck up and alcoholics.

Mike

The girls at UNC are hot and the basketball team is awesome.

Rachel

stuck up kids, pricks, superiority issues

Lauren

Intelligent, rich, snobby, preppy

Jill

Some stereotypes about UNC are that there are more gay people here than at any other University and every student worships basketball.

Robert

liberal hippies, rainbow flag waving gays, preppy frat boys and sorority girls, spoiled brats

Jerry

Among North Carolinians we have a reputation for being really smart and a bit preppy, whereas NCSTATE students are seen as more salt-of-the-earth Carolinians. That's not really a negative stereotype for us I don't think, but it colors how people in North Carolina approach you when you say your from UNC.

Torry

UNC students are Duke rejects. UNC students are liberal hippies.

Dale

They are Preppy and stuck up.

tom

Snobby, Well Educated, Rich, Fratty

Luke

UNC is often stereotyped as an academically challenging school that studies hard but can also have a good time and has great sports teams. UNC students seem to be stereotyped as rich, obnoxious, and pretentious.

Andy

Many people from other colleges in the area think that we all think we are better than everyone. Also that we are unstoppable in basketball. Always and forever.

Abby

It can be seen as a very homogeneous student body: white, preppy, well-off, southern, majority being from Charlotte and Raleigh. It is known as the best of the UNC schools so the students are smart, very competitive, and very much follow the "work hard, play hard" philosophy.

Elizabeth

People who don't go to UNC tend to think that we're all stuck up about our school as an entirety and obsessed with our mens basketball team.

Brian

They are all extremely liberal, there is little racial integration.

Cindy

Depending on who you ask, you'll either hear that we're all left-wing communist hippies who will corrupt your innocent kid and send her home a pot smoking pagan lesbian who always votes straight-ticket for Democrats. The opposite extreme you'll hear is that we're a "wine and cheese" crowd. Everyone's from Charlotte or Raleigh and has belonged to a country club since birth.