Rutgers University-New Brunswick Top Questions

i have only been here half a semester so i don't kno it all, but for the most part i think that there is this whole std going around called the scarlet knight. other stereotypes include that kids who dorm in the demereast building are weird, which is for the most part a little true. all the asians are on busch, which is true too. i don't hear too much bad stereotypes going around because i think rutgers has a lot of pride and people are glad to be a scarlet knight.

Most people that are high school students tend not to be excited about coming to Rutgers, they usually feel that since so many people from New Jersey come here, they're not special. They see theyre friends going to colleges all over the country, so when asked what school they plan to attend they simply say "Rutgers" with no enthusiasm.

Personally, I dont know about the specific stereotypes about Rutgers students in general but I do here about the different stereotypical behaviors encountered on each individual campus. For instance, Douglass is said to have the most feminem qualities not just because it was once an all girl school but because the girls there seem to give off a persona which exemplifies arrogants and rather stand offish behavior, whereas college ave is said to be known as the drinking campus, Bush as the more scientific campus (for obvious reasons) and Livingston as the quiet campus (a stereotype that was recently broken with the new lift on the incoming student policy).

we're all whores

The only one I'm really familiar with is the rampant STD stereotype that the university itself carries. You know, the one where everyone has an STD and spreads it around to anyone that does something sexual with them.

People outside the Rutgers community view Rutgers students as huge party animals, they think of the university as a party school. A lot of people don't realize what an amazing and elite school Rutgers is academically. Also, when I first started attending Rutgers as soon as you'd utter the name of your college people would begin to make jokes about STDs, saying Rutgers has their very own strain of an STD. I'm not sure if this is still a pertinent stereotype, but a year or two ago all that came to people's minds when you said Rutgers was a school infected with STDs, I don't think the party imaged helped this very much.

A lot of people think that Rutgers is composed of a collection of students that were not smart enough to get into more prestigious schools. We also have a reputation for being rampant with sexual disease after we agreed to participate in a survey about safe sex practices.

I remember some people saying that it was a big party school and warning me not to get the "Scarlet Clap".

STD Rate A continuation of high school Incredibly Large

Rutgers has a very negative image within New Jersey, but is widely respected out of state. Some common stereotypes include a high rate of STD transmission, enormous classrooms, and excessive bureaucratic "red tape," also known sometimes as the "RU Screw."