Virginia Commonwealth University Top Questions

What is the stereotype of students at Virginia Commonwealth University? Is this stereotype accurate?

Laura

The main stereotype of students at VCU is that everyone is either a hipster or super artsy. While we do have great art programs here and so many of the students here are creative, there are so many other types of students who attend VCU. We have great sports teams, a world-renowned medical campus, tons of service groups, and countless other groups on campus.

Joseph

We have a huge greek life, but an even bigger "hipster" life. These hipsters include those who do not shower approximately every day, wear extremely dirty and smelly clothes, ripped jeans, do abnormal activities with the homeless population, exhibit no sense of self awareness or respect, and most defining ride their fixed gear bicycles thinking they own the roads.

Lerence

I think the stereotype most associated with VCU is that everyone that goes here is either a hipster or nerd that wants to go to Med School. While a lot of students do eventually want to go to Med School, VCU is actually very diverse.

Jenna

VCU students are mainly categorized as hipsters. After attending VCU for two years, I find this stereotype false. VCU is an extremely diverse school and I only see a very small amount of people that would be stereotyped as hipsters.

Jasmine

VCU is full of diversity. But the diversity is not only centered around race. VCU students all have different style and unique views. Of course VCU is known for its Art school and you can definitely tell while walking around campus

Lisa

VCU is known for its art program so a lot of students here tend to be known as hipsters and indie kids. Our school is also 30{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} diverse and is partnered with many universities in other countries making it very intercultural.

Trenicka

I think that the common stereotypes of students at VCU are those who are free in expression, dressing eccentrically, unique in their talents and passions, many students are artsy, dress stylish and are those who have their own flare, they're not influenced by there surroundings but tend to bring who they are into the campus atmosphere and are able to remain true to that. A major portion of students are indeed Greek so it's very common to see students walking around in Greek paraphernalia.