Internet Ipecac: 3 NYC Schools On "10 Most Hipster Campuses" List

(tobinbridge)

Some of our fondest moments at University occurred while we were reading College Magazine. What? You've never heard of it? Dude, they taught us that girls totally don't like unshaven faces (except when they do?) and that guys should just put themselves "out there," and that wouldn't it be cool if girls emitted a pheromone that told us they wanted to do it? Now, their exhaustive list of the most Hipster Campuses is out, and congratulations NYU, FIT, and Parsons! Better luck next year, West Point.

NYU is #1, because as CM puts it, the city itself "offers their students…the world" (emphasis theirs). Wait, isn't that Aladdin University? FIT is #2 thanks to its "rich vegetarian menu" and "world-renowned fashion program," not to mention their work is using the Large Hadron Collider to discover the skinniest particles known to man to create the skinniest jeans. Parsons is #5, probably because the top three can't all be located in New York City.

If you're into self-flagellation, check out the entire list, which includes RISD, Yale, and Georgetown. Yes, that Georgetown. Right now, some kid on M Street is using his Vineyard Vines visor to scrape the vomit off his Rainbows and has NO IDEA how much of a hipster he is.

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By Christopher Robbins in News on December 11, 2011 6:36 PM

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bobbyjfromtheuk12

Gothamist Editorial Meeting: Hipsters = Page views! More hipster articles please.

Gothamist Audience: Do you have any editorial that is not focused on hipsters, NYPD, Occupy Wall Street and an occasional lousy music piece?

Gothamist: Eh, no

diablofreak

wrong. bike lanes!!!

youngpro

you forgot 'animal rights stories' on that list, snug between nypd and ows.

Quikstep

Uhh, UCLA? I would think that's the polar opposite of hipster.

galaxytime

i only clicked on this so that i could express the fatigue of anything hipster-related. guys! it's beating a dead, rotting horse!

swampyankeesmom

hipsters aren't in college.

Mr Mel

They used to be.

swampyankeesmom

there is no such thing as a hipster college. FIT? FIT is 90% female and the males are 95% gay. there are more goths there than hipsters. this article is just plain stupid.

RobertMosesSupposesErroneously

Well they got Yale right...that place was nauseatingly hipster. Couldn't get a single dance party email without half the vowels (intentionally and ironically) missing and a page full of /////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ going on...

youngpro

I did undergrad '05, slightly before the hipster movement really took flight, but well into the scenester phase, although it only seemed like the hipsters were more prevalent because of their minority status next to the overwhelming asian crowd.