At the Dunkin' Donuts in the Harvard Square T station, Tommy, a Watertown resident, offers a slightly different image.
"They're too serious, all business," he says. "All they do is study and stay inside, they need to enjoy life a little more--gotta go out and do other things."
A woman from Waltham, overhearing the conversation, pitches in. "They do other things--they drink," she says.
"Not much," says Tommy.
"Well, you've never seen them on the weekends," she says. "They come in here, and they're better than us, that's what they think."
"And some of 'em are just weird," Tommy chimes in. "You know who's the worst? The law school students--they're the rich, snotty ones."
But residents who have interacted with undergraduates say they have come to appreciate the diversity of the student body.
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