Mount Holyoke College Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Mount Holyoke College?

Jessica

Most people are lesbians and evil feminists.

Amanda

That we're not as smart as the Smith students. Sometimes it's true, sometimes it's not. I personally was accepted to both but decided to come here, partially because people here were simply nicer. Another: there are more than the average percentages of lesbians, bisexuals, etc. Absolutely true, but so what?

Hannah

That we're all lesbians who want to study international relations or gender studies.

Claire

One significant stereotype regarding MHC is that students do nothing but study.

Julia

Among the Seven Sisters school we are sort of known to be the "party school," and as an all women's college the stereotype tends to be that the majority of our students are butch lesbians.

Devin

that were all either whack job lesbian feminists, or prissy prude conservative daddy's girls only here to find a husband and become a perfect trophy wife

Sarah

lesbians, feminist, liberal

Quinn

that there is a large gay population, and that Mount Holyoke women hate men

Chris

That we are all are or become gay. That we are all rich and snobby. That we drink and party all the time. That we hook-up with any guy. We hate men.

meg

Totally gay or straight and desperate, smart women,