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I'd have to say that your impression of a preppy, white, jocky campus is mistaken.
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<p>Maybe.</p>
<p>The statistics speak otherwise. Low percentage of financial aid students. Low percentage of minority students. Fourth highest athletic budget in Div III, second only to Williams among selective schools. 826 varsity team members (652 unduplicated) is fifth most in Div III, behind four schools with 5000 to 10,000 students. Williams is sixth with 825 varsity team members (601 unduplicated).</p>
<p>I do think the Vermont location attracts a particular type of student and the ambience would not be the same kind of stereotypical "prep" that you would get at, say, Duke or Washington & Lee.</p>
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I have a feeling that there are these shorthand myths that get tagged to certain campuses and are hard to shake. People still wonder about Swarthmore's intensity and "misery culture", UChicago is still called the place "where fun goes to die."
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<p>I think it's a big mistake to not consider the "stereotypes", because they usually have an element of truth. For example, you would have to be nuts to go to Swarthmore believing that it really isn't academically challenging. Or to UChicago believing that it's really a "party school".</p>