Northwestern University Top Questions

That we are smart but don't want to have fun. We are rich and spoiled.

Some stereotypes of Northwestern students include being extreme Type A personalities, competitive, and very career and pre-professional oriented. There is the perception that Northwestern students are hard workers, to the exclusion of having fun. We are also not seen as being particularly political or cause oriented as a campus.

Girls are not as good looking as state school girls. A nerdy campus.

lack of social skills, anal-retentive, obnoxiously studious

Northwestern is stereotyped as being a nerdy school with terrible sports set on a campus that is beautiful for three months out of the school year. The same can be said of the students - only, a tan and spring colors doesn't cure the awkwardness. The dating scene is awful and the most accessible social outlet is the Greek System, which is the one redeeming quality the Northwestern social scene has to offer.

Smart, geeky, hard-working, intellectual

Northwestern, sometimes known as "Nerdwestern," has hard-working and over-ambitious students. Not much of a social life for those who choose to go to NU. The weather is miserable and keeps everyone inside. Those who venture outside don't survive.

We are nerds and don't like to have a good time socially.

Nerds. No hot girls. Cold. Bad at sports.

1) "Nerdwestern" 2) Unattractive student body 3) Ivy-wannabe