Stereotypes: The Three Types Of College Students

Growing up, I remember intensively watching popular television sitcoms such as “Saved by the Bell,” “Boy Meets World,” “A Different World,” and more to gain an understanding of what the college life was like. Zack, “the cool kid,” strolled through the dorms seducing any girl he lusted. Topanga, “the weird nerd,” was full of life and salivated at the thought of gaining knowledge. Lastly, Corey, “the average joe,” was viewed as insignificant and faded into the background. These three types of students, “the cool kid,” “weird nerd,” and “average joe,” are the basics for the criteria of what a college student is like. Although sitcom television has conjured its perception of the characteristics of college students, Southern University is a unique institute in which television’s taboos cannot accurately distinguish the types of students that inhabit the university. The most accurate classifications of this unique bunch are the, “Ds earn Degrees Jacks,” “Bob Marley scholars,” and “Rolle Polly round-a-bouts.” The first group of Southern students, “Ds earn Degrees
These are the students that observers and future jaguar students see on the commercials, pass out flyers to every event and program, present monologues in class, and more. Their headquarters is the honors college but they jug various social scenes and circles. Round-a-bouts tend to distort their trust image to shape and mold themselves into what personalities or task is needed of or from them. They scurry around campus from class to class and from one event to the next. Amazingly, they still manage to maintain at least a grade point average of a 3.3 or higher. Yes, these round-a-bouts are Southern University’s jewels, because when graduation comes and goes, these doctors, lawyers, engineers, accounts, nurses, and more generously give back to the institute that nurtured their