New Mexico State University-Main Campus Top Questions

Most people think NMSU students are just party students and stoners. This stereotype applies to many of the students, but there are far more students that are very serious and work hard at school.

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When I walk around campus I see a lot of Jocks. People that play volleyball, softball, basketball and especially football players. You can always point the athletes out from everyone else.

A common stereotype is that because we are an Agg. school it's all farmers and cowboys. This isn't true at all! Although our mascot rocks the cowboy look pretty well... Another common misconception is that because we are in the state of New Mexico and only 23 miles from the Mexican border we all must speak Spanish all the time. That one gets a lot of laughs. Most of us don't want to hear someone trying to speak any language other then English to us. When they make assumptions people just embarrass themselves. (and no... the Spanish translation is not "embarrisoado")

There is not a stereotype for my school exactly. Some of my peers in high school found it in someways hard to tell people they were going to New Mexico State because they had applied to many other out of state colleges. Most of them ended up going to New Mexico State because it was the cheaper thing to do. New Mexico State is not a bad school. Everyone does their own thing here and I never really heard of any stereotype.

NMSU has all kinds of "stereotypes" on campus. People get high, people drink, but everyone has the main stereotype of "student". No one is here who doesn't want to be. Everyone attends class, and the atmosphere is very good for learning. Everyone is friendly, no matter their stereotype.

Students at New Mexico State University tend to fall into a couple of stereotype categories. The most common stereotype, given the strong agricultural surroundings is the "cowboy". There are a lot of cowboy boots and big belts on campus. Another common stereotype is the "Frat Guys/Sorority Girls". Although Greek Life is not a huge percentage of students at NMSU, they tend to be in leadership positions on campus that give them more visibility. The final stereotype, that applies to our entire campus is "Partiers". This is because our school is high on the campus partying list, and students from our school have been seen on several episodes of Campus PD.

I have enjoyed going to this school, I'm a senior this year. Football is big here, but the team kind of sucks from what I hear. Greek life is huge here, as well as "aggie" (agricultural) life.

I can honestly not think of a stereotype for students at New Mexico State. We have a very diverse campus community with local students, out of state students, and students from other countries. That makes it hard to have a stereotype.