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They are arrogant and preppy. That we think highly of ourselves. At least those are the negative stereotypes I have heard.

Some people may have a misconstrued vision of UVA as a conservative, privileged, traditional, southern school or in layman's terms: snobby, rich kids. I'm sure those people exist somewhere, but they're such a loud minority here. The majority of us are caring, hard-working, and open-minded. It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch. What people who believe in those stereotypes don't realize is how much bigger we are than a stereotype. How diverse, merited, and incredible of a student body we are. I have a friend who is on an academic scholarship who wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise due to financial difficulties. I have a friend who seems like the typical jock/frat boy, but he's also the leader of my dorm's relay for life team to fight against cancer. I have a friend who is a sorority sister and a biomedical engineer. I have a friend who is a fullback on the football team and a member of one of UVA's best all male a cappella groups. We're so much more than what outsiders think they see on the surface.

Some people may have a misconstrued vision of UVA as a conservative, privileged, traditional, southern school or in layman's terms: snobby, rich kids. I'm sure those people exist somewhere, but they're such a loud minority here. The majority of us are caring, hard-working, and open-minded. It only takes one bad apple to spoil the bunch. What people who believe in those stereotypes don't realize is how much bigger we are than a stereotype. How diverse, merited, and incredible of a student body we are. I have a friend who is on an academic scholarship who wouldn't have been able to attend otherwise due to financial difficulties. I have a friend who seems like the typical jock/frat boy, but he's also the leader of my dorm's relay for life team to fight against cancer. I have a friend who is a sorority sister and a biomedical engineer. I have a friend who is a fullback on the football team and a member of one of UVA's best all male a cappella groups. We're so much more than what outsiders think they see on the surface.

Rich, cocky, wanna-be Ivy, Greek.

snobby, preppy, rich southern kids.

Coming from a small suburban school in New York, aside from that it is a tremendous acadmeic University, Virginia's reputation is not well known around here. But with a little research you quickly discover that UVA is notorious for being a traditional southern school. With "guys in ties, girls in pearls", most of the campus is crawling with well bred upper class white preps, sporting sunglasses and flip flops. Along with all of this comes a certain air of elitism.

Preppy, smart, cultured

They are all the same, they are all southern ladies and gents who wear pearls and fancy clothes.

The stereotypical UVA student is a rich white kid from NOVA (Northern Virginia) running around in a Northface, two or three polos with popped collars, and $50 flip flops. Their weekends start on Thirsty Thursdays and end when they switch from Solo cups to Red Bull six hours before class in order to finish that big paper due Monday. The phrase that comes to mind is work hard, party hard.

UVA students probably have the stereotype of being too 'fratty' or 'fake socialites.'

preppy, white, rich, smart

UVA students are rich and preppy snobs.

The prevailing stereotype of UVA students is that of the blood blooded, conservative, lily white, holier-than-thou Southerner, exasperated with a touch of Valley Girl for the ladies and dumb jock for the gentlemen.

A lot of people think UVA is full of preps and jocks and stuck-up rich people. Sometimes I hear people think UVA is racist.

Preppy, always wear nice clothing, party with wine and cheese, rich

One stereotype is that UVA is filled with a bunch of snobby people. Another is that if you don't have some kind of scholarship or grant, then you must be rich.

That we are all rich, snobby preps. This stereotype especially surrounds those involved in Greek life.

Preppy, pretentious rich kids.

Preppy, Stuck-Up, Racist, Rich, Self-Segregated, Artsy, Southern

That it's full of preppy wealthy students.