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BU will sometimes get a stereotype of liberal, hipster, or ivy wannabes. The student body is very diverse though and cannot be grouped as one whole with such a variety of students.

Snobby rich girls Self-centered frat boys BC rejects

I'm not really sure what the stereotype. I think too many students go to BU for there to be any one stereotype. Lots of rich, snobby girls. A large Jewish population. Gay boys. That's what I would think outsiders think of when they think of BU

Rich. Apathetic. Fashion-conscious. Ivy-league or BC reject.

Rich, snobby, ugg wearing-blackberry using-northface clad-bun bearing rich girls, fratty, mostly girls.

That they are snobby and preppy girls, and douchey frat boys. School of management students are stupid, but communications majors are even dumber..

They're not as smart as BC kids or other Boston area schools, there are few African-Americans (this is true), it's an all girls school (this is also almost true with an over 60-40 ratio)

I sometimes ran across the stereotype that all BU students are extremely wealthy - an understandable assumption based on the high tuition prices. However, I come from a middle class family with a modest income. It was with hard work and scholarships that I attended BU.

We're rich, no one gets financial aid, College of General Studies students are dumb, we have no campus (and thus no school spirit), the stacks in the library are great for sex.

Many consider BU to be the "strip mall of America", and thus are disgusted by the fact that there is no real campus.