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Yes, very accurate for the most part

more or less.

The preppy sailor stereotype is not very accurate for the majority of the school. There are definitely some people who dress like this, and they aren't the most well liked among everyone else. They think they are though, rather necessarily. We do have a sailing team, after all - Division I, all other sports we have are Division III, that's a favorite line of tour guides. Well guess what? There's only one Division in Sailing. The bubble stereotype is rather accurate, because Conn is after all on a hill overlooking the city of New London that does not do its name justice. There are changes underway in the city and in linking the two, but as of now, our bubble hasn't really been broken. The third stereotype is quite accurate, I believe. Many women here are absolutely beautiful. I feel bad for them sometimes, because the guys here don't level up to them, but that's life I suppose.

While there are quite a few students from wealthy families at the college, most students are very friendly, especially once you get to know them. This isn't to say that everyone's that way; we do have our share of "snobs," like most any college.

Kind of. There are obviously quite a few people who fit them, otherwise they wouldn't exist. But I would say that for maybe 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students, this is the case.

I think this stereotype has some serious weight. There is little diversity on campus, and most people come from very wealthy families.

yes

Yes and no. While we do have a white majority on campus, we have a decent number of international and minority students. Most people on campus are definitely not rich either. Again, there are some people who have a lot of money but I also know a lot of people on financial aid, work study, or both. In general, people do like to drink and smoke pot a lot but again you can find people who do neither. I think that Conn College is very separated from New London but to the best of my knowledge, students are working to change that and get a better relationship with New London.

I think there definitely a lot of preppyness (which comes with the wealth that people have), but it is not as if everyone wheres a polo everyday. There are people of all different style varieties: you see what you want to see.

sure there are some, but there's actually a pretty decent amount of diversity when you stop to look around