Wheaton College-Wheaton Top Questions

The stereotype has some truth. Wheaton kids are good people, nice and friendly, smart and Christian. But they aren't perfect, and it is important if you come here that you have close friendships in which you can be vulnerable and admit your weaknesses. This will prevent you from believing in the Wheaton stereotype and feeling the pressure to be perfect.

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Luckilly, these stereptypes are NOT true, something I was relieved to find out when I came as a freshmen. Yes, you do have your home school Hannahs, yes, you do have about 2 girls on campus with the whole long hair, scrunchie, long jean skirt thing, but for the most part, most of the people are pretty normal. Because people from Wheaton come from all over the country (my 6 closest friends are all from different states, from the east to west coast) and from all different amounts of a Christian upbringing, there are many different types of Christians. As for the not having fun at Wheaton... I'll admit that there are times that I get a little bored on a random Friday night. Becasue the weather is so cold in the winter, your choices of what to do are limited. There are parties, although not really advertised. If you want to find them though, you can. You'll be a part of what is known as the wheaton underground, lol. Mostly you just need to get creative. You can always go to Chicago. Its about a 40 minute train ride from school, and with the train station literally a block or two down college ave, its sooo convenient. Basically, Wheaton is what you make of it. If you want to party, you can, just don't get caught. If you don't want to party, you'll never have to even see it.

We are definitely more conservative than the average state school, and we do have rules, but they are often portrayed as a lot more harsh than they are. Wheaton students are still normal people. People think that all Wheaton students marry each other, usually while we are still in college. That is not even close to being true. There are definitely Wheaton couples, but lot of people date outside of Wheaton or not at all, and very very few people get married before graduation.

Some of them are. Wheaton kids are definitely smart, and most of them work very hard. However, I was surprised to find that not all of them fit the conservative mold. There are lots of different people at Wheaton, and everybody does their faith differently. Some are typical Christians, some are very atypical, and they all seem to get along, which is very cool.

Somewhat, yes. Well, everyone is petrified of going into relationships because they're afraid of getting married to any potential love interests. And yeah, while Wheaton is pretty evangelical, a good portion of the students have sampled the dark, seedy underbelly of the Wheaton Underground (tm)

1) We definitely have fun, but within the rules. People do wild things, but within the bounds of the Covenant (or at least very close to it). 2) We're broken and sinful like everyone else, but we're sincere about being Christians. 3) A decent portion of us end up questioning our faith at some point, and students and faculty are understanding about it and want to help answer our questions.

On campus you’ll find students very convinced of their faith, rather unsure, and severely doubting. In my experience, there hasn’t been any true stereotype for Wheaton students. There’s a strong belief on campus that Wheaton students are outgoing, type A personality overachievers, and that is true to some degree. There certainly are many students that go above and beyond the prof’s requests, but not everyone is that way. Most students are motivated to academically succeed, but there are always those who are simply happy with passing.

to some extent

Some of them. Most people are type A and are the oldest children in their family (or are only children). The majority of campus is republican, and probably 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} are Christians. however, not everyone is nerdy, not everyone is extremely purposely driven. I myself am one of several students who do not consider academics to the highest goal of college. And not everyone is cynical, not even all of the seniors.