University of California-Los Angeles Top Questions

The student body is diverse enough so that it is difficult to pin down a general "stereotypical UCLA student." And that's a fortunate thing: we are one of the most excellent public institutions of higher learning, as well as one, if not THE most famous and world-renown. Our students go out into the world with the knowledge of this, making most UCLA students "stereotypically" high achievers.

There is the famous "Caucasians lost among Asians" stereotype. I'm sure many believe that there are a ton of "nerds" at UCLA and also that these are the students that couldn't get into USC. hmmm...

All Asians Lots of sports/ jocks Smart Film-obsessed

That they are all rich and spoiled white and asian kids.

Lots of white and Asian people.

University of Caucasians Lost in Asia. UCLA students have a reputation of being smart, responsible, book worms. We don't go out, especially the pre-meds who don't even shower. We're the "less athletic" of the two big LA schools because we don't win at football.

The stereotype is that there are a lot of athletes and sorority girls.

Some prevalent stereotypes of UCLA include UCLA: "University of Caucasians Lost among Asians," indicating a large population of asian and white students in comparison to a relatively small number of other ethnicities. UCLA students are also viewed as studious rather than partiers.

That all people do is study, its all asian people, people are sports obsessed

Stereotypes regarding UCLA are usually just associated with being in LA - lots of hot blonde girls, cute surfer boys, fashionable, all that. That if you come here, you'll see celebrities, have a ton of fun experiencing downtown LA, expand your boundaries. There's also a great academic connotation, and if you say you go to UCLA, people are typically pretty impressed and assume you know your stuff. Also it's often said nearly half the kids at UCLA are asian.