University of Notre Dame Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at University of Notre Dame?

Katie

girls are ugly, all are athletes, st. mary's girls are easy, notre dame girls don't put out

Elise

Notre Dame students are stereotyped as upper middle class, conservative, Catholic, white kids.

Mary

All white, all Catholic, rich kids

Kelly

The biggest stereotypes of Notre Dame students are that they are preppy and clean-cut, and that they everyone prefers studying to other activities. Notre Dame is also known for having very little racial and ethnic diversity.

Pat

They study all the time. They never party. They are all Catholic crazies who preach about the gospel all the time.

Brian

Smart. Obsessed with sports. Not very good looking girls.

Brennan

BP girls are fat, Zahm guys are gay, engineers are nerds, business majors are idiots.

Tom

Some stereotypes are that everyone here is rich and stuck up and white. Notre Dame students are usually stereotyped as God-loving, football-loving caucasian rich nerds.

Allison

That we are preppy and homophobic.

Harper

There is the upper class white catholic irish stereotype. Also our school tends to be pretty jock-friendly. I've heard it been called "Catholic Disneyland", but only from people who go/teach there.