Emerson College Top Questions

They're pretentious, overtly artsy kids, who either want to become the next Wes Anderson or Conor Oberst.

That they're an incestuous bunch of pretentious art fags.

The biggest stereotype is that everyone is gay but that's not a stereotype - it's basically true. I'm pretty sure 8 out of 10 guys are in fact gay :-) There is also the stereotype that a prerequisite to get into Emerson is to be undeniably awkward in high school and most likely unpopular.

"Emo" "scenester" "homosexual" etc.

Emerson students are stereotyped as being gay, fashionable, emo-type kids who are alcoholic pot heads.

It's full of pretentious "artistes" who are more interested in themselves than other people.

-All the guys that go to Emerson are gay -All Emerson students are weird -All Emersonians are Democrats

Very "indie," not into sports or good at math!

Very artsy and indie, a lot of gay guys, pretentious, open to experimentation

The stereotypes about Emerson are mostly about char-lunged supersmokers in skinny jeans, with fashion mullet haircuts and a perpetual sneer. The opposite stereotype, that students here have more money than they can flaunt at once with Seven jeans tucked into Uggs and a matching Burberry hat and scarf set, also exists. And, of course, everyone at Emerson is gay. Everyone.