Knox College Top Questions

Knox students are often stereotyped as strange and liberal. From Galesburg residents' perspective, Knox students are often (but not always) seen as rich kids who have too much to say.

A lot of people say that we're all hippies and ultra-left-wing liberals.

Knox is pretty much percieved as a haven for extreme liberals, hippies, athesists. Its students are generally stereotyped as smart kids who aren't quite at the Ivy League level, but that may be because Knox students definately party.

I have heard that all students at Knox are a bunch of weirdos. I have also heard that everyone at Knox is gay. I hear lots of people talk about the 'Knox bubble,' where students and faculty tend to shut themselves off from the so-called 'townies.'

Some of the stereotypes of Knox students would be that they are bizarre and pretty much out there.

We're all brainy and weird. All Betas are jocks. The sororities aren't like others.

That everyone here is a liberal, and either a foreign exchange student or a rich Chicago kid.

People think Knox is really intellectual and doesn't have a life outside of academics.

Smart ass, strange, individualistic, smart people.

(1) like getting drunk or high (2) very smart (3) very liberal (4) extremely indecisive (5) a diverse student body