University of Virginia-Main Campus Top Questions

rich, organized, intelligent, like to drink, beautiful, demanding classes, excellent professors

southern and preppy

we have a stereotype of being preppy and stuck up. there's also an ENTIRELY untrue racist stereotype.

U.Va. students have a reputation of being snooty and a little on the richer end of living. They wear sundresses, pop their collars and go shopping for therapy-all of which their parents appear to understand, giving them money at moment's whim.

Rich, snobby

There are 2 main groups at UVA - preps and hipsters. The hipsters formed a group because they hate the "good ole boy" mentality and don't fit into the preppy mold. But they're just as snobby as your typical frat guy or sorority girl. Instead of caring about horse races and polos, they care about liking the right music and american apparel tees.

The most common stereotype is that UVA students are preppy and the girls are stuck-up. Just take, for example, the things we give our own special names to: campus is called "grounds," a freshman is a "first-year," and so on.

school in va w/ southern flair that rich, preppy kids attend.

UVA students are stuck up, preppy, and think that they're better than everyone else

preppy, stuck up, know it alls

UVA is an ALL white school!

People love to say that UVA students are pretentious...like we're all guys in ties and girls in pearls and that even if we all did dress like that it means we must all have the same pretentious souls.

Students of the University often are cast as prudes or elitists. There is also one belief that students at the University do not engage in anything outside of classes; if they do, then the outside world thinks that we are all involved with Greek life.

uva kids are infamous for coming from well-to-do families, generally financially secure. uva kids work hard and play hard--we toil for hours in the library and party every weekend. There's diversity to be sure, but a strong Greek scene makes for a very preppy student body

The stereotypes about UVa is that it is an elitist school who thinks they are better than everyone else. The students are believed to embody this stereotype.

Preppy, smart, athletic, well rounded

UVa students are stuck-up, self-centered, ungrateful, ignorant

I think a lot of non-UVA students see UVA as one of two things: nerds or stuck-up rich kids.

One stereotype about UVA is that everyone is dresses very preppy and is stuck up.

Some stereotypes of UVA students are that we are rich, white, preppy students from Virginia private schools. While there is some truth to that, that reputation was built mostly in the 70s and early 80s. These days, UVA is making a bigger effort to promote diversity as my class is registered as the most diverse in UVA history.