New York University Top Questions

Biggest stereotype, I think, is the idea that all students are pretentious "hipsters." I genuinely thought I'd have to purchase a whole new wardrobe and live an entirely new lifestyle coming to NYU.

People think we're all really smart and rich. That we live some sort of dream life in the city and that we're getting an amazing education.

The stereotypes that exist are definitely by school. Stern students are all about the money. Tisch students will all be waiters. Gallatin students don't really have majors. Steinhardt and the College of Arts and Science are a little too broad to generalize, I think. Undergraduate students of the School of Social Work don't seem to exist. And I can't keep track of any other schools. The guys are all gay (or soon will be), and the girls are easy.

A stereotype of NYU students in general is that they are all hipster-chic, wanna-bes who wear a uniform of black skinny jeans, a faded T, and ray-bahns. The stereotype of Stern Business School students is that they are Asian, wear suits, care more about getting ahead in the business world than, well, anything else at all. They all walk around with their backpacks that say which bank they work for. Tisch students are subject to the universal annoying theater student stereotype.

gay, rich, stylish, druggie, heavy smoker, Jewish, hipster, not friendly

Students are: rich, smart, highly competative, artsy, gay, Jewish, ethnically diverse, stuck up, etc.

That we're independent, alternative or artsy in some way, or pretentious.

Usually, I hear three basic stereotypes about NYU students- we're all either super smart, ridiculously rich, or overdramatic.

The men are gay and the woman are self-centered fashionistas. Uggs abound and that cute boy in your biology class? He's dating the equally adorable pre-med on his left. That slob in the corner is single, though.

All the kids are hipsters/indie, Tishies, Sternies, everyone's wealthy, we see celebrities all the time