Devin
The drinking and partying is actually pretty fair. I think if you compared the amount of time and alcohol consumed by Wisconsin students to other college students, UW student would drink prove to drink/party more. Wisconsin student are NOT stupid although there some students who are not all that bright which is reasonably expected at a university of this size. Most students/people from wisconsin are not hicks with few exceptions.
Lucy
1. Definitely. Probably a dozen options every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. At the same time, people do stay in too and it's not a big deal if you don't go out at all.
2. There are over 600 clubs to join and a lot of intermurals.
3. It's gorgeous, except right now there is a lot of construction. A LOT!
4. Very hard. It is essential that you study any spare moment you have if you want good grades.
5. Yea, for the most part first semester is planned around football games.
6. Not true. Actually, the students here are not fat at all. Surprised me.
7. Very true! Leave 15 minutes earlier and take the bus if you can! Wear multiple layers and you won't look uncool if you actually wear a hat. Your ears will thank you.
8. True. 3.5 college GPA if you want a chance (which is much harder to get than High School...trust me!)
9. Used to be. They tried to turn it around a lot this year and it worked. Not as crazy as people make it sound, but still probably the most nuts weekend of first semester.
10. Not true at all. Honestly, the majority of the African Americans you see are in a sport.
Vick
These stereotypes, for the most part, are quite accurate. While any day of the week one can find people hitting the bars, there are as many people spending the night in one of our many libraries. Students here at Madison work hard, and party even harder.
Quinn
we do know how to party, but i have studied on a friday, and even a saturday night, with a slight amount of ridicule however
Lee
I would not say that everyone from Wisconsin are from small towns and are sheltered.
But the rest are pretty true.
Aaron
The campus was in mourning when Brett Favre retired, and some classes devoted much discussion time to this tragedy, but on the whole Wisconsin natives have much more culture than just cheese, cows, and Brett Favre. The university includes the best students from the state, and to be admitted into the school you must understand more than those basic subjects.
Madison does have a history of being ultra-liberal, and extreme protests during the Vietnam War. However, there is never any political riots on the campus today. There may be riots for a crazy Halloween party, but never any fires and arrests over the policies of George W. Bush. The school is primarily liberal, and has elected one of the most liberal representatives in the US government, but not to the point of extremism that depicted the campus in the 1960s.