University of Chicago Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at University of Chicago?

Katherine

Super dorky. Obsessed with their own intellectualism. Totally lacking in social skills. Quirky. Pretentious Indie kids who all tend to be Indie in the same direction.

morgan

nerdy, bad in social settings

Phil

Nerdy, anti-social, unattractive.

Tristan

Extremely nerdy and academia-oriented; the saying is, "That's all well and good in practice, but how does it work in theory?" Active proponents of ivory-tower elitism. Limited social skills.

Max

That we are all nerds and do nothing except study and are antisocial and weird

Jesse

That we're over-evolved on the smart scale, but utterly under-evolved on the social skills scale. And we do nothing but study.

Natalie

atni-social nerdly intelligent eccentric diverse strange philosophizing

Amanda

Just look at our t-shirts: "where fun comes to die", "where the only thing that goes down on you is your GPA", "if I wanted an A I would have gone to Harvard". Basically, that we're all overly obsessed academics without any social skills whatsoever-a haven for the weird, the strange, and the unclassifiable. You know the kid who can't dress, answers every question in class, and screws up the curve? Yeah, that's EVERYONE at this school.

Andy

That they are unsociable nerds that take themselves too seriously.

Laura

Stereotypes include: being too nerdy for fun, being confined to rooms/the dorm or apartment/the library/Hyde Park, unfashionable, social awkwardness, and general unattractiveness.