There are many different people you meet in college, some of them are pretty stereotypical sadly. I wrote about College Stereotypes before but I wanted to go a little deeper.
The major you declare in college often times reflects who you are as a person. Do you fit into any of these stereotypical major molds?
These profiles are just exaggerations for fun. Don’t take offense!
Film students, like most other creative majors are all about the experimental. “What the heck did I just watch? Were you on drugs?” your friend would ask after showing them your recently finished short film, something you’ve worked on for the better part of a month trying different shots, lighting and editing techniques until you were close to satisfied. But let’s face it, you’re never satisfied with your own creations are you? You would say to your friend that it was an experimental film on the life of butterflies and how they represent American society in the 1940s. Wait, what?
Identifying characteristic: You’ll know if somebody is a film major if they constantly quote movies or television shows.
Theater and Drama
Outspoken and eccentric. Dramatic and weird. Theater majors are flamboyant at times but never rude, unless they secretly think they’re a diva then yes, they can be. But Theater majors, like Film folks have an affinity for film and television too except you’ll sometimes see them walking around campus with big Gaga-esque glasses, and bright colors as if they just climbed out of a giant bucket of fruit sherbet. You’ll wonder if they were in costume but no, that’s just what they like to wear! These “cool drama geeks” are an overly joyous bunch who can party really hard especially after finishing up a nice run of performances.
Identifying characteristic: Very similar to the Film major, you can spot a Theater major if they’re quoting lines from a play, movie or TV show. Often seen in groups with and rarely venture out of the Drama department.
Ah, the musician. Deep,artistic and surprisingly well-rounded academically and intellectually. But remember, they’re not all John Mayer or Taylor Swift wannabes! In reality, Music majors are a lot “cooler” than their “Band Geek” selves from high school and are considered true “artist” in a collegiate setting. The Music majors are the “cool cats” at the parties, the ones that show up a little later but nobody minds because they’re just so darn cool. These guys have a strange thing for fedoras and tapping their hands, feet, nodding their heads wherever they go. They aren’t the most outspoken major though, they leave the talking and communicating to their instruments and performances. They’re iPods are also filled with everything, literally everything from N*Sync to Mozart which gives them a ton of sad songs to listen to when they find themselves working at RadioShack for minimum wage after graduation. Woot! Go Music majors!
Identifying characteristic: You’ll know if they are a Music major if they’re carrying a giant upright bass around, or any other instrument for that matter.
English and Writing
English majors are interesting because either you absolutely love reading and writing or you have absolutely no idea what you want to do. But it’s cool because that’s why schools offer English as a major!
English majors are thoughtful and completely ordinary students but some can be the “Starving writer” type that sits in coffee shops, unshaven, messy hair and eyes that clearly need some rest. They’re basically zombies with a pencil that absolutely swears they have a story in their head and that they’ll write something but never do. “I got an amazing story” they’ll say. “But it’s in my head! I’ll write it later.” On the flip side, the English major can be the analytical type full of opinions for every situation – the know it alls. They think they’re so cool because they read more books than you, and that’s probably true they do read more books than you. It’s not like they have parties to go to. Writing parties don’t count! (Though they can be exciting too).
Identifying characteristic: They wear glasses and carry with them a novel. And it has to be that exact combination.
The smooth talkers of the world. You’re a people person when you’re in the world of business. You know how to manipulate others into getting what you want but you never mean to use your mind-controlling powers for evil, you just want a job and a passing grade.
Business majors are often those that are dressed in a blazer or even a full on suit and briefcase going to and from their organization meetings. They’re also very well spoken, eloquent and articulate people. They’re extremely driven, organized and aggressive to their work, whether it be work or actual work. They’re overachievers and believe strongly in working hard and playing hard. These are great things however Business people can come across fake and well-guarded. But it doesn’t matter, they’re going to make more money than you and I combined!
Identifying characteristic: Students wearing really fancy clothing like a suit or blazer. Snobby.
Math and Science
You’re a nerd. Straight up. You wear glasses or speak really fast when talking about abstract algebra or the cell cycle or while you’ve had one too many drinks. Because math and science folks – being nerds that they are, are always cooped up in their tiny little rooms writing on their boards – they usually don’t get enough sleep or sunlight resulting in a very Edward Cullen, pasty vampire look.
You’re absolutely fascinated by outer space and what lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere. Sometimes you wished you were an alien from another planet and you wondered what it would be like. Math and Science majors ask the big questions. ”If there’s life beyond Earth, do they use bathrooms?” you thought to yourself. “Are there even Hot Cheetos?” You’re very inquisitive but also driven, driven to figure out the problem, to figure out the answer. You take absolute pride in being one of the smartest if not the smartest person in your group of friends even though you’ll never brag about it.
Identifying characteristic: Maybe they’ll have really dorky looking glasses too. But you’ll know if they’re a Math or Science major when they begin speaking really quickly about something you can’t comprehend.
You thought that the math people were nerds? No, these guy are the most hardcore of all the nerds. These nerds are so nerdy they build things with their nerd skills and that’s pretty cool. Engineers are probably the coolest type of nerd because they like to make things happen. They say “to heck with theory!” and welcome application. Because that’s what engineers are all about. Engineering students like the physical, the tangible and they’re all very hardcore about their work too. They think their major is better than yours. It’s true because let’s face it, they’re learning how to build freaking spaceships while you write an essay response about a movie you watched the past week in class. A movie you didn’t pay attention to because you were too busy playing with your iPhone 5′s extra row of icons and wondering why on Earth you actually bought one and thinking about how maybe the iPhone 10 will include 10 rows of icons.
Identifying characteristic: They often times zone out in their non-Major courses and sketch out schematics of robotic things in their notebooks.
These guys are awesome. They eat Hot Cheetos and stay up all night at their computers typing in what looks like gibberish to most people and during their off time they play their Xbox. Most of these guys have beards, glasses and a ponytail or fairly long hair. Don’t be surprised if they are a little bit heavy too but it doesn’t matter because these guys are absolutely in their own zone. They don’t care about the status quo or any other superficial standards. They’ll show up to class late with a stained T-shirt and a small family of blue jays nesting in their hair and still pass with an A because they’re all geniuses.
Identifying characteristic: If you see somebody with their laptop in the library typing up gibberish then you’ll know they do Computer Science!
What do you think? Do you fit into any of these Major Stereotypes? Leave a comment below!