Indiana University-Bloomington Top Questions

There are "coasties" from the New York and New Jersey who all live at Smallwood. Everyone from Indiana is a hick.

The campus is full of greek life.

Some stereotypes about IU is that it is only a party school and the students go to class dressed up. Other more school specific stereotypes include Kelley business students stepping on others in order to get ahead.

To quote the grass roots publication with an insignificant circulation and almost nonexistent amount of subscibers known as PLAYBOY, "We're a drinking school, with a basketball problem."

Many people assume that if you attend Indiana University, especially in Bloomington, IN that you are there just to party. People assume that you might attend a few easy classes, but the majority of your time is spent getting drunk and going to parties.

IUB is considered a big party school, and I'm assuming that most schools involve students partying all the time. It's just a part of college. But it's true that there are a lot of parties going on here. But it's not like the parties never stop. It's not like cops don't come around and tell people to shut up and go home. But there are people who go to bars on weeknights and start partying in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday. I'm sure people do that at other schools, too, though. I'm not aware of stereotypes about IUB students.

That all we do is party.

IUB is all about partying and drinking... there may be others, but I only address them as I hear them, and then put them behind me

The stereotype that I hear most often is that IU is a school full of kids who only came here to party and that the academics are low grade as a result.

Party/drinking school, rich kids