Vanderbilt University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Vanderbilt University?

Jane

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

John

Preppy, Rich, Intelligent, Attractive, Party Animals

Emma

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

Owen

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...

Suzanne

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.

Dylan

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

Ellie

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

Laura

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.

Andrea

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.

Julie

rich, southern, preppy, smart