Vanderbilt University Top Questions

Vanderbilt is a very Southern school that draws bright students from all over the country. We are a very preppy group of students who "work hard and play hard".

Many people think that all Vandy girls are blonde, tan, and gorgeous. They also make the presumption that everyone is extremely wealthy. There is also the stereotype that Vandy kids work hard and play hard.

That all Vanderbilt students are white, smart and rich.

Girls are very good looking Rich Southerners Southern Ivy Work hard, play hard

Very attractive, work hard play hard attitude, very intelligent, many are members of greek organizations, preppy, wealthy/upper-class, not much diversity, southern

rich, southern, attractive, snooty, don't care about the world, smart

The stereotype of the blond, rich, WASPy Vandy kid still prevails, I guess. The motto here is basically "work hard, play hard" and so there's a pretty big emphasis on going out and having fun after class and on the weekends.

rich, snobby, southern and proper

I guess the typical stereotype of a Vanderbilt student would be that they are ultra-conservative, slightly southern, very preppy, and most likely wealthy. Girls are in sororities and guys are in fraternities, and, while the students work hard, partying is a major part of a students life.

Well there's the one that all Vandy-girls are hot. And locally, theres the stereotype that all vandy students are super-rich and super-nerdy, as if we never leave the library and think that taking shots means taking pictures.

Rich, obnoxious, Southern, beautiful girls, not very good-looking guys, smart, work hard play hard

Preppy, Rich, Intelligent, Attractive, Party Animals

Vandy girls: skinny, rich, fake, catty, and shallow. Vandy guys: preppy, rich, racist douchebags Vanderbilt in general: rich, elitist

General stereotypes of all rich white kids who get to do whatever they want with Daddy's money. Lots of smart kids and attractive kids. Highly conservative place with very few minorities on campus. Highly preppy...

Coming from the North, Vanderbilt was stereotyped as a very southern, conservative school. People think that everyone at Vanderbilt is very pretty, rich, and smart. In addition, people stereotype that every girl has to wear pearls all the time and that you have to dress up for every football games.

Stereotypes would be: smart, rich, somewhat pompous, more social than many of the higher ranked schools

Preppy and totally Southern Big stereotype: HOD (Human & Organizational Development) = waste of a major Everyone's gorgeous, full of dumb blondes Very Greek Work hard, party hard

I think the girls with pearls stereotype is the one that I heard the most about before coming here. Another one that the girls who come here are only at vandy for their "mrs." degree.

Coming from the north, everyone associates Vandy with Lily Pulitzer, pearls, and Polo. My perceptions about Vandy were that everyone was really preppy and superficial. I think the main stereotype involves Vandy's "work had play hard" motto. I think that people associate Vandy with having smart, spoiled students who love nothing more than getting completely wasted (at frats)on the weekends, and weekdays.

rich, southern, preppy, smart