University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Top Questions

Michigan students and/or the campus are known to be very liberal. Michigan is also known as the breeding ground for social justice. For the most part, Michigan students are also seen as predominantly well off, especially those that are out-of-state. The University of Michigan is also known for being the stronghold for diversity.

The biggest stereotype that I've heard is that Michigan students are arrogant.

Some of the stereotypes at of Michigan students are that we have huge ego's and believe that we are smarter and better than everyone else.

Everyone is Jewish! Jewish girls are spoiled. There are lots of liberal students. There are crazy things going on in the center of campus every day. The girls are ugly. Michigan is hard.

None really come to mind. Maybe that we are superior students. Maybe that we have superiority complexes.

I think a lot of people would say Michigan students are arrogant, especially when talking to students at Michigan State University.

Students assume that U of M is not diverse enough. What they mean is: it's not black enough. Last year when U of M was forced to publish their demographics after Proposal 2 passed, the website went from noting a 9{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} black student population to a 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} black studen population. Being on campus-the 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} is much closer to the truth. With 19{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the country describing themselves as black-it's illegal discrimination to permit 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students to be black. It's racial prejudice against the "evil white man". U of M makes it well known that white people are just hum-drum and have few important ideas. From forcing students to take "multi-cultural" (aka black) understanding orientations, to having special counseling programs, scholarships, extra-curricular activities and financial aid grants for black students-it's obvious whose really getting the raw deal here. Diversity doesn't just mean black. It means ALL skin colors, ALL economic groups, ALL types of students. There are so many students who are returning adults, single moms, divorcees, transgender, homosexual, multi-racial, physical and mental disabilities, poverty-level majority (what you'd call "poor white trash" b/c no one events nice terms for white kids w/ no money), ect... why aren't these people acknowledged? Why is the office of cultural affairs only targeting black students? What about the rest of us?

Spoiled, pompous, overachieving, like to party.

Elitist, effete, intellectual snobs. More importantly, we are a diverse academic culture that is intelligent enough to go beyond meaningless divisive issues and discuss what's important.

People think that U-M students are stuck up and conceited.