Stereotypes

We're a prejudiced lot, really. Sometimes, we hear a subject, college, or activity, and we jump to conclusions. This is not to say that these conclusions aren't usually completely correct, but they are assumptions nonetheless.
(Disclaimer: I'm aware these aren't always true- for example, I know some lovely people at Trinity, and some relatively sane engineers. I'm even dating a mathmo, so either these should be taken with a huge pinch of salt, or I'm completely insane (or both).)

Homerton/Girton
Three options: have giant thighs from the sheer amount of cycling necessary, spend vast amounts on bus fares, or never ever leave college. We are often tempted to set up a couple, one from each of these colleges, and watch either exhaustion set in or one move into the other's room.

Mathmo
Weird, even for Cambridge. Multiply this by about five if from Trinity.

Rower
Obsessive. Cares little about sleep.

Caius medic
Oddly competitive (to they point where the entire medical section of Caius library is empty most of the year for no reason other than making sure no one else can get at the books), usually obsessive.

New Hall/Newnham/(sometimes Lucy Cav)
Desperate/feminist/lesbian/got in through the pool.

Engineer/NatSci
Either a wonderful level of weird and eccentric, or a big ball full of crazy.

LARPer
Odd, enjoys running round fields painted green with a fake sword.

Arts student (if you're a scientist)
Lazy, spends all day reading books and complaining about work.

That will do for now- more as I accumulate them myself.

Geraldine xxx