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I am not sure of one common stereotype, but frequently I hear about athletes, business majors, and education majors.

The main stereotype is that my school is a "white school", meaning it is predominantly made up of Caucasian students. However, this is not very true, Towson University is very diverse and there are, in my opinion, a lot of different races, ethnic groups and cultures represented at Towson.

Some stereotypes at my school include that a lot of students are alcoholic and that all they do is party. They are party animals. Another common stereotype that I hear sometimes is that people that attend Towson University have money and are pretty affluent.

beautiful women, hipsters and stoners.

Jeeze, where do I begin. Just because we left high school, doesn't mean the stereotypes left too. We have our frat kids that have their own stereo types, like this one sorority (not naming them purely because I don't remember their name) is known for having girls that are easy. We do have our jocks and our nerds, our stoners, our emo's, etc. Some of them are pretty accurate, while others fall into gray area. I know plenty of stoners who are really smart and are headed to great things in life. I also know of a kid that suppresses his feelings and gets to the point where he cuts himself. I know people that drink all the time and are failing/not going to classes. I know nerds that freak themselves out over getting Bs and think their failing and I know the suck ups that try to be teachers pet. I also know of nerds that like to let loose once in a while and will drink or smoke, not too drastically, but it happens. Basically, college stereotypes are just like high school, some people live up to them while others don't. Some people can fall into more than one stereotype, but that stereotype doesn't control you.

The stereotypes I see include Frat guys and stuck-up sorority girls.The Frat guys are seen as wild, unintelligent, rude, and mean. The sorority girls are seen as the "cheerleader type." Sorority girls are often viewed as high strung, judgmental, unintelligent, and high maintenance. I do not think that these stereotypes are accurate. Many different types of people join fraternities and sororities and the stereotypes only accurately depict a select few of them.

The stereotypes at our school aren't extremely prominent but we do have active sororities and fraternities that are active around campus. Some students may be turned off by this because they think they dominate campus but they certainly do not. I often see a group of students in the band hanging out or a group of students doing skateboarding tricks. People may stereotype these groups, but it is just people with the same interests hanging out!

I would say jocks are the most common stereotypes at Towson University

Common stereotypes of our students is most girls are fake, the boys are players, most students dress the same. The first 2 stereotypes are inaccurate and for the 3rd one, most students wear the same brand of clothing.

The most common stereotypes about Towson is that it is a party school; so when people hear this they make the assumption that all the students at Towson are party animals which is inaccurate. We know at all colleges students party but what I have noticed at Towson is that for most students, the majority of their time is spent in the library studying and trying to keep up with their school work.