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I would have to say the stereotype type is every student loves it here and from what I have been told they actually do not. Some had to attend here to either make their parents happy or avoid loans because they would be out-of-state students elsewhere. I love it here it would break my heart to leave because I cannot afford it.

My school is generally very preppy. You do not see a lot of people wearing sweats or pjs, most of the guys wear either frat tshirts, polos, or button-downs with khakis. The girls always look good, everyone wears makeup and dresses well. You will either see girls in tshirts and nike shorts, dresses, or skirts and nice tops. Even while wearing tshirts, every girl pretty much looks made up. The thing about my school is that there is not a huge variety of groups of people, probably about 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the students dress as i described, and although only 25{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} are greek, about 90{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} look very southern proper. I really do believe that our reputation as a southern school is very accurate. Our school is centered on football and tailgating, which is a huge southern tradition with lots of beer drinking and fun, which is something you dont find in the north. We are also very southern in that we do have very traditional values and do believe that in most cases boys and girls should not be in the same housing, so the majority of dorms for females are not co-ed. We have just as many co-ed dorms as we do all-female dorms, as of the last 3 years, and we do still have all-male dorms as well. We are definitely a very fratty school in general because we do have such a huge greek community, and it has an enormous impact on campus life.

A lot of people say that USC is notorious for being a school filled with people only involved in Greek life, however, there are so many other ways to get involved and other greek letter organizations that are not social, but involve different philanthropies such as community service work and honors societies.

Stereotypes are rarely seen at USC. Since it's mostly a family affair, there is respect towards everyone. Frats and sororities have the biggest groups on campus, but they will always be respectful to other groups. There is also a big group of international students that relate well with local students. Even though USC has its fraternities, the university itself is a fraternity to all its students.

It seems a lot of students are kind if sporty and active and likes to party.

A lot of people see the University of South Carolina as a "typical party school" because of the problems with Greek life these last couple of years. I assure anyone looking into this great university, that it is all about the friends and people that you meet! Do not let any stereotype scare you away from this university, or any university for that matter.

There is a "greek" stereotype that is pretty much consistent for all campuses I would say. The greeks tend to be partiers but they only account for about 12{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the school's population. There are also the athletes who are typical jocks and tend to hang with themselves. I'd say the overall stereotype, though, is country. Most of the kids at South Carolina come from small towns in South Carolina. We have accents and wear cowboy boots and listen to country. So the overall stereotype is country, and I think it is accurate for the most part.

It's a family affair. Everyone comes together to have fun. There are a lot of frat kids but everyone is treated the same

some people expect southern rednecks, but the campus life is the meaning of diverse

The majority of the students at my school are in Greek Life because Greek Life is huge in the south. We have a reputation for being the southern sorority/fraternity kids who live for football season.