Smith College Top Questions

Many Smith Students are homosexual or are questioning their sexuality-or temporarily change their sexuality during their 4 years at Smith.

Smith students are especially smart and gay.

Smith students are Lesbians, high strung feminists, opinionated and energetically charged in areas that are felt strongly about.

I think some of the stereotypes are that Smithies are liberal, conceded and pretentious. Also there is a stereotype that Smith is overflowing with lesbian & transgendered students.

Everyone's aggressively political. Everyone is a lesbian. Most students are very butch.

argumentative, liberal, strong-willed, intelligent, ambitious

we're all dykes, we're all pearls-and-twinsets society girls, we're whiny, we're too activisty, we're PC and sensitive, we're vegetarians, we're boys

The biggest stereotype about Smithies is that we are all lesbians, and that there is a lot of drama because of it. Women's colleges in general are often thought to be "catty."

left wing, liberal, outspoken, hardworking

The stereotypical Smithie is very liberal and passionate about both her studies and issues she cares about, and is a major over-achiever. I have heard Smith called "the lesbian capital of the world".