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[Post New]09/20/2013 20:44
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Anonymous wrote:Hummm would say most of the NESCAC'S, Amherst, Trinity, Conn College, Bates, Bowdoin, Viillanova[/quote

Williams is excluded? Likely due to their strenth in diversifying?
[Post New]09/20/2013 21:05
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Anonymous wrote:My daughter goes to Villanova and yes I would say its quite waspy. Just look at Wayne, its super duper waspy. The people, the stores the taste level...its beautiful but a little stuffy for me personally any my daughter who is Italian always talks about it being waspier lately...not sure how it compares to other schools though but I can say the area (Main Line) is definitely very waspy.


Yes, it may be preppy, but WASP stands for white Anglo-Saxon PROTESTANT. Which means that it does not include Catholics. Sorry!
[Post New]09/20/2013 21:06
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hummm would say most of the NESCAC'S, Amherst, Trinity, Conn College, Bates, Bowdoin, Viillanova[/quote

Williams is excluded? Likely due to their strenth in diversifying?


Williams is a NESCAC school. And the top ones, Williams, A,Herat, Middlebury still have some WASPs but are getting more and more diverse.
[Post New]09/22/2013 16:19
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Hampden Sydney for sure
[Post New]09/22/2013 18:42
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Anonymous
Yeah Villanova is EXTREMELY Catholic. Therefore, not waspy. Very white. Very expensive. Very blue blood/old money. Very preppy. Waspy? Not so much
[Post New]09/23/2013 12:47
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Anonymous wrote:Yeah Villanova is EXTREMELY Catholic. Therefore, not waspy. Very white. Very expensive. Very blue blood/old money. Very preppy. Waspy? Not so much


Does it draw from outside the DC Boston corridor?
[Post New]09/23/2013 14:59
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Williams is NOT waspy. My stepson went there and its anything but. Amherst, Conn College, Bowdoin and Trinity yes.
[Post New]09/23/2013 15:27
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Anonymous wrote:Williams is NOT waspy. My stepson went there and its anything but. Amherst, Conn College, Bowdoin and Trinity yes.


Amherst is more diverse than Williams both racially and socioeconomically. My AA, DC is currently there so are several family friends. DC was also accepted at Williams but declined because of blatant ongoing racial issues on campus. And, it's actually located in a pretty remote area.
[Post New]09/23/2013 16:03
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hampton Sydney


aka Hampden-Sydney?


Yep. I realized as I was driving home that I had spelled it wrong. It was only the second-stupidest thing I did today, too. Sigh.
Not worth being embarrassed about. I'm sure you're not the first person to make that mistake and you won't be the last.
[Post New]09/24/2013 20:07
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeah Villanova is EXTREMELY Catholic. Therefore, not waspy. Very white. Very expensive. Very blue blood/old money. Very preppy. Waspy? Not so much


Does it draw from outside the DC Boston corridor?


Yes. Tons of kids from the West Coast and quite a few from Florida and Chicago as well.
[Post New]09/25/2013 07:54
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Anonymous
Bowdoin and Middlebury? Waspy or not?
[Post New]09/25/2013 18:32
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Anonymous
I think Middlebury perhaps a little more. Was too small and remote for my daughter though.
[Post New]09/28/2013 08:58
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Anonymous
Hobart and Smith has got to be high this list.
[Post New]09/30/2013 16:11
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Anonymous
Try University of Richmond.
[Post New]09/30/2013 21:03
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Anonymous
Just finished a huge round of 3 weekends in a row "college shopping". My observations are most of the LAC's are pretty waspy.

Amherst, Bowdoin, Connecticut College and Middlebury for the LAC'S.

U of Richmond is too.
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