Sarah
Many students at Villanova come from well-off families, mainly from the Philadelphia area, Long Island, and New Jersey. There is a wide variety of what students wear to class. Some come in dresses or nice clothes every day, while others dress in sweatpants and sweatshirts. However, you will always find most students wearing any type of clothing representing Villanova.
Christina
People at Villanova are generally really nice and accepting. They are also thoughtful and do random acts of kindness like holding the door open. People are very involved and there is a strong sense of community.
Matt
Its pretty accepting here. Theres plenty of things to do for almost anyone. Some of the stereotypes are true regarding the limited demographic. Most of the population is white. Many come from Pa, NY, NJ, CT...the northeast.
Brittany
Socio-economic status can come into play on the universe. Many students do admit feeling forced to spend money. For girls- rainboots, uggs, and north faces are a must. Girls either sport juicy sweats and uggs or heels and a dress- no t-shirts and jeans here. For guys its simple, pants and a shirt.
Alex
No student would feel out of place at VU, we're accepting of everyone. People generally get semi-dressed up for class, something preppy or a sweatshirt and jeans is pretty standard. I have groups of friends from so many different arenas. Most students are from New York New Jersey and Penn. A few from more north, a few from the Maryland area and a medium size group for California. Predominately right wing.
Shannon
Most Villanova students are very similar and those who do not fit the mold would most likely be very unhappy at Villanova. The typical student is wealthy, white, preppy, and from New Jersey, or New York.
Mike
Everyone is very competitive at Villanova. People fight for the same posistion in a club or organization and everything is interviewed based. It is kinda unfair for those that do not interview very well because they wont be able to get into anything.
Blake
While there is a stereotype of "Vanillanova," that is lessening over time as diversity has been increasing. Students tend to be fairly consevative and definitely mostly well-off. There are certain items that most girls have (e.g. ugg boots, vera bradley bags)
Ali
I think students not coming from an affluent family would need a little adjustment period. coming from a small public school to here where most people were at private or prep schools driving amazing cars and going out shopping or to each more often than the average college kid at another school would do, is strange at first. once you find your nitch it becomes better but still a little dawnting
Tori
I have never really walked into any room in Villanova where I felt uncomfortable due to issues such as race and religion- two issues that many people believe would be conflicting here. The catholic teachings are here to provide some morals as well as give the opportunity of catholic teachings and ideals to those interested- not to those opposed. All students interact whether catholic, jewish, athiest, etc.