<p>I was wondering what the common “stereotype” of a syracuse student is. I don’t need anyone to tell me not to feed into the “stereotyping mindset”, i just want to know what is considered “typical syracuse” Are students open-minded and outgoing? or are they preppy rich kids who run to the Greek system and establish an impenetrable bubble for 4 years.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>According to my daughter, who just finished her freshman year, there is no SU stereotype…with 12,000 undergrads, there is no typical student…there are those who are outgoing and those who are not, there are those who are open-minded and those who are not, there are preppy rich kids and lots of kids on financial aid…some go greek, others do not…according to her, everyone finds their own group of people they want to be with…hope that helps…</p>
<p>and to add to that: there are consumate students who study ALOT and there are those who do not take academics very seriously…like anywhere else…</p>
<p>stereotypical syracuse student: fashionable, wealthy, trend-driven, from Long Island/New Jersey</p>
<p>however there are plenty of students who don’t fit that description (people from upstate, OOS, international)</p>
<p>the campus can feel homogeneous but is not the case</p>
<p>pierre: with all due respect, unless you are a student at SU, you are repeating the stereotype…do you actually think that all 3,000 freshman students and the remaining 9,000 undergrads are “fashionable, wealthy, trend-driven and from LI/NJ?”…</p>
<p>Daughter’s best friends are from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Arizona, France and Puerto Rico…</p>
<p>When I have visited I have encountered many, many students of color interacting with everyone…</p>
<p>If SU has a disproportionate # of students that “appear” to fit pierre’s description, it’s just because there are more students like that at SU than at other schools, but by no means is it a majority…although Indiana and UMich seem to be running a close second according to other parents I have spoken to…</p>
<p>The better you know the students at a school, the harder it is to stereotype them, especially at a large school like Syracuse. They are not all preppy rich kids who run the Greek system. My brother started out as an English major, then switched to Anthro, then to Biology. He was a very good student at Syracuse, now working on a PhD elsewhere. He is not into sports. He is very much into music and played in a band. He is very open minded. Upper-middle class family. His friends were all really nice people and very diverse in their personalities and interests. I might describe the typical Syracuse student as “well-rounded” or “balanced” but that wouldn’t fit all.</p>
<p>rodney though pierre’s statement is a bit ignorant at best, there actually is some truth to some stereotypes. People look at the majority characteristic/personality and use it to generalize the whole student body. I would say there actually is a dominating characteristic about SU students that one can say the whole student body takes up…but in the end, it’s not true.</p>
<p>I would have to agree with pierre’s assessment…while not every student fits the stereotype, his description definitely fits the stereotype that many Syracuse students would fall into.</p>
<p>you asked me to give you a stereotype so I gave you one
of course I know that everyone at syracuse is not like that so I’m kinda offended by the comments that im “ignorant”, somehow you all missed when I said "however there are plenty of students who don’t fit that description "</p>
<p>I agree with rodney, I graduated from SU in 1975 & some kids went Greek, some did not, some went crazy about the football & basketball teams & some could care less! Real studious types, real party animals & so on. I met students from all over & many internationals as well. Looking back, I don’t think I could lump the student body into categories! It was a pretty diverse bunch & it always amazed me how many times a day I would hear students speaking a foreign language.</p>
<p>Typical state school type students. The stereotypical student is comparable to the stereotypical Rutgers or Penn State student. Beer drinkers, football fans, promiscuous and average intelligence.</p>
<p>I know Syracuse is not a state school but it has a similar student body and environment.</p>
<p>No pierre, nobody said you’re ignorant. </p>
<p>“Typical state school type students. The stereotypical student is comparable to the stereotypical Rutgers or Penn State student. Beer drinkers, football fans, promiscuous and average intelligence.”</p>
<p>How can you say this? Have you met every single student at SU to claim this? And you act as if there aren’t any beer drinkers, football fans and promiscuous students at the top 10-20 schools.</p>
<p>I would say that the “stereotypical” Syracuse student parties like a state school student, but is a bit more well-off. And of course there are always exceptions-stereotyping is about generalizations, not typecasting every single person in a certain group.</p>
<p>Stereotype (I’m not saying this is reality) is that these are generally well-off suburban kids from the Northeast. Big with sports, fraternities/sororities and being well-dressed.</p>
<p>Several friends of mine went to SU who did not fit the stereotype, but they spoke of the stereotyped attributes mentioned above. Lots of kids from NYC, LI and CT majoring in English and communications who wanted a media career (ESPN, Hollywood, etc.).</p>
<p>Everybody who is saying there is no “stereotype” is wrong. Stereotypes exist everywhere… period… that doesn’t mean the statement is true but there is always going to be a statement saying what the “typical” student in the school is like… I went to FIT and trust me we had tons of stereotypes… my sister goes to Stonybrook they have a huge negative stereotype… Other sister goes to Temple… All schools have this connotation with them… That doesn’t mean everyone who goes there fits into the mold… </p>
<p>I know SU has stereotypes because almost everyone whom I told I was going says… "You’re gonna be the typical SU girl… " “Typical college chick” blah blah… </p>
<p>So just be real and stop trying to paint the picture that SU has no stereotypes because they probably have several…</p>
<p>Nobody mentioned yet that a stereotypical student, upon telling people that they’re going to Syracuse, is perceived as having excellent grades in high school and doing great things during their HS years.</p>
<p>Whenever people ask me where I’m going to school they’re wow’d when I tell them Syracuse. And then some follow with a statement like “your grades must have been good in high school” or something similar.</p>
<p>I love the fact that people are getting butt-hurt about stereotypes. Every school has them. That doesn’t make them true. I’m sure you’d take your stereotype of smart, wealthy, fashionable kid from LI/NJ over my school’s stereotype: poor, inner city, couldn’t get into Penn State. I am in fact wealthy, from the suburbs and had absolutely no interest in Penn State. Unless someone is truly being insulting, just laugh it off.</p>
<p>London, anybody who is wowed by Syracuse needs to get out more.</p>
<p>“London, anybody who is wowed by Syracuse needs to get out more.”</p>
<p>Love to flame huh? I’m not sure how this makes sense? You’re saying that because they find Syracuse impressive they must have no clue about other prestigious Universities out there? Please, I suggest you do some throrough research and come back to thsi forum.</p>
<p>You asked me to do a little research so I did. Sorry to let reality get in the way.</p>
<p>Middle 50% SAT
English: 520-620 (25% have under a 520!!!)
Math: 550-650
Writing: 530-630
ACT: 23-28</p>
<p>Acceptance Rate: 53%</p>
<p>Accademic Selectivity Rating: 92 (out of 100)
Accademic Rating: 82</p>
<p>source: [Syracuse</a> University](<a href=“http://www.princetonreview.com/SyracuseUniversity.aspx]Syracuse”>Syracuse University - The Princeton Review College Rankings & Reviews)</p>
<p>It is hardly Princeton. I am not saying cuse is bad but I certainly wouldn’t consider it “impressive.” Syracuse is probably not in the top 5 best school in the Big East Conference.</p>
<p>I’d have to say in the Big East:
<p>Nova and Providence arent Big East football either.</p>