<p>yeah ive heard a bunch of different things. one of the most common is similar to the supposed ‘myth’ of their horrid weather: that uoc students simply like the perception that they work hella hard and they have no social life (to reinforce the studiousness perception), so they btch on and on to friends, relatives, on surveys, etc. about the atmosphere at the school. this is similar to one explanation of the weather there, that chicagoans also simply like to btch about the weather more than people from most other areas. i dunno, just proves that things like college guidebooks and reference materials can be wrong.</p>