Kendall
The stereotype Wheaton student is perfect. He or she has a type A personality, is very organized, gets good grades, was at the top of his or her class in high school, is a sincere Christian, involved in discipleship groups, volunteers, and prays a lot.
Anna
My impression has been that people assume Wheaton students to be goody-goody, sheltered, and politically conservative
kate
Oh the stereotypes!!! Most people think that EVERY single person at Wheaton is an obsessed with going to church, hollier than thou, perfect Christian. People think that because we go to Wheaton we don't know how to have any fun at all, and that we're these super Christians that have long hair, wear scrunchies, and loooonnggg blue jean skirts. Ugh...
Elizabeth
I think that a lot of people think that Wheaton is ridiculously conservative because of the Covenant. I have also heard stereotypes about Wheaton students all getting married during college.
Rachel
Wheaton students are stereotyped as being conservative, close-minded, perfectionists, overworked, wealthy, fundamentalist, Michael W. Smith-listening, intelligent do-gooders.
Paige
Everyone gets married, or so they say. Plus, we're all perfect and know how to play guitar, and are all the rich, evangelical kids who want to change the world. Everything has a spiritual tagline to it, a lesson to learn. And of course *no one* drinks or has sex or does drugs. Also, everyone is personally driven and Type A.
Justin
1) That we only have restrictive rules and don't have any fun.
2) We're all perfect people
3) We never never question our Faith, and look down on anyone who does.
Andrew
Apparently many people are under the impression that Wheaton is some sort of Taliban promoting jihad of the fundamentalist Christians. This could not be further from the truth. Coming from the South, I was surprised to find out how liberal the school was. Don’t get me wrong, in the larger scheme of things it’s still a conservative school. But there is a growing College Democrats club, a Christian Feminists club, multiple environmentalists clubs, and a large racial equality movement on campus. Additionally, many of the faculty in science appear to be quite convinced evolutionists.
Josh
Brilliant, goody-two shoes, innocent, terrible at dating relationships
Shane
Straight-Laced republicans. Evangelical Christians. Type A, purpose driven, nerdy, cynical, etc.