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Not for the most part. I mean, stereotypes are based on truth, but this is not the majority of SMU Students.

on the surface, yes. However, there are lots of people who do not fit the "typical" mold.

To a degree. There are normal people, the ones who have souls, out there, you just have to find them.

There are some individuals that make the stereotype accurate; however there are very few.

Yes and No. 50 50 both ways...depends on the stereotype at hand.

It is true that most SMU students come from a wealthy family, but there are some people who come from a more "normal" background. The stereotypes about everything being designer and name-brand is also very true. SMU does not represent a typical economic setting that you will find in the real world... it represents the upper upper-class for the most part. Also, many students do party/drink a lot. It's been hard to find people whose idea of "fun" do not involve alcohol, drinking games, going to a bar, etc.

Mostly

In reality, SMU is a very tough place to be if one does not hail from the lifestyle to which most students are accustomed. However, having joined a sorority and gone through with many of the stereotypical traditions associated with SMu, I can say that if one puts in a positive attitude, one receives a positive expereince. I love my sorority, and I had many amazing times socially at SMU that did not involve wasting money or engaging in illegal/asinine activities. Academically, it's not as challenging as I would have imagined for the expense, but I had some fantastic professors and I believe that I received a good education during my tenure.

pretty close, yeah. While obviously that does not account for everybody, it does describe a very signifcant proportion of the student body.

These stereotypes are not accurate about every girl, of course there are your rich, bitchy, stuck up girls but what school does not have that? I know more then less girls that are down to earth and genuine girls. There will always be the girls who fulfill the stereotypes everywhere. The boys are not all sons of major oil companies. Eventhough SMU is not slacking in its fair share of wealth, there are down to earth, fun, amazing guys along with the ones that think they are hott stuff for being very wealthy. There are these stereotypes at all schools, yes SMU has their very big share of bombshell girls and wealthy guys, but all in all it has the same stereotypes that can be found at any other college as well.