<p>Many liberal arts colleges have an interesting social dynamic. There is a dearth of typical looking college students and a high concentration of hipsters on the one hand and socially unadapted genuine geeks on the other. That’s how reed and sarah lawrence were when I visited, and that’s certainly the predominant makeup of the student body at st. john’s college.</p>
<p>Other than NYC schools, BU is like the hipster epicenter.</p>
<p>what about tulane?</p>
<p>Definitely avoid Reed.</p>
<p>Madison doesn’t have too many either. (kind of odd considering the towns/schools reputation, but thank God there aren’t many there, or else I might not wanna go there.)</p>
<p>I went to University of Wisconsin-Madison almost two years ago and I don’t recall there being many hipsters. I’m not sure if the trend was popular during that time but everyone I went to class with did not strict me as belonging to a pretentious sub culture.</p>
<p>“Definitely avoid Reed.”</p>
<p>Because they have a high or low concentration? ;)</p>
<p>What is there besides preppy, hipster and nerdy? Normal? :eek:</p>
<p>I like this wiki definition of hipster:</p>
<p>“… middle class young people associated with alternative culture, particularly alternative music, independent rock, independent film and a lifestyle revolving around thrift store shopping, eating organic, locally grown, vegetarian, and/or vegan food, drinking local or brewing beer, listening to public radio, riding bicycles …”</p>
<p>Truly horrible people… ;)</p>
<p>They’re everywhere. You can’t really escape them. You see one, your bound to see many more. </p>
<p>Skinny jeans, tee, plastic ray-ban’s, weird sneak’s and some outlandish headband worn across their forehead. Usually seen sitting on floor or in a corner taking pictures of themselves.</p>