Preppy colleges

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Anonymous wrote:Christopher Newport, Yale, Colby, U of Indiana

??????

Someone’s trolling here. There’s no University of Indiana. It’s IU—Indiana University. 😂

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth, UVA, Richmond, Middlebury, Wake Forest, Washington and Lee

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Anonymous wrote:Why is this important?

Who cares? Answer the question, or ignore the thread.

Why do you care what I ask?

I am so glad you asked this question.

The OP is posing a question. Maybe she's writing a screenplay and she needs to know where a character should go to college. Maybe she is settling a bet with a friend like, if you ask people what the most preppy college is, X is the first thing they will say. Maybe she knows a child, perhaps her own DC who has a preppy vibe and wants to find college that suits that.

The insistence that OPs explain their life stories, are told their questions are bad questions, are told they are looking at things the wrong way (and these are the best possible consequences)... is what STOPS people from asking questions and seeking help. I do not like that. I like internet boards where people are approached with kindness and openness. People should be able to ask, hey guys what do you think about this, without insecure, critical strangers jumping all over them. Sure, there are are people who ask follow up questions to be more helpful. But what usually happens is finding out a little bit more about an OP just results in shots taken at them. So yeah, I don't like it. I care. I want this to be a place people can turn to for help. Not just the OPs but the many readers who can benefit from reading responses. Every OP, assuming they are humble in their request, should be helped. Not told their kid is a scumbag because he wears polo shirts. Which is what some people here are actually hoping for.

+1. I’m following with interest because my kid wants to avoid either the Southern preppy vibe or the NE Boarding School preppie vibe. It’s helpful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth, UVA, Richmond, Middlebury, Wake Forest, Washington and Lee

+1. (And I’m a Wake alum). Based on college visits, Colby and Hamilton. Which NESCACs that are less preppy?

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Anonymous wrote:U of Georgia, Lawrence, UCLA

Lawrence ain't preppy bruh.

Neither is UCLA. It is the opposite of preppy! I agree - southern schools 100%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is this important?

Who cares? Answer the question, or ignore the thread.

Why do you care what I ask?

I am so glad you asked this question.

The OP is posing a question. Maybe she's writing a screenplay and she needs to know where a character should go to college. Maybe she is settling a bet with a friend like, if you ask people what the most preppy college is, X is the first thing they will say. Maybe she knows a child, perhaps her own DC who has a preppy vibe and wants to find college that suits that.

The insistence that OPs explain their life stories, are told their questions are bad questions, are told they are looking at things the wrong way (and these are the best possible consequences)... is what STOPS people from asking questions and seeking help. I do not like that. I like internet boards where people are approached with kindness and openness. People should be able to ask, hey guys what do you think about this, without insecure, critical strangers jumping all over them. Sure, there are are people who ask follow up questions to be more helpful. But what usually happens is finding out a little bit more about an OP just results in shots taken at them. So yeah, I don't like it. I care. I want this to be a place people can turn to for help. Not just the OPs but the many readers who can benefit from reading responses. Every OP, assuming they are humble in their request, should be helped. Not told their kid is a scumbag because he wears polo shirts. Which is what some people here are actually hoping for.

+1. I’m following with interest because my kid wants to avoid either the Southern preppy vibe or the NE Boarding School preppie vibe. It’s helpful.

Should avoid Colby then

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For those of us new to US but in the college search...What do you mean preppy?

And the next poster who also asked "why is this important"

Answer: preppy = evoking prep(private) school attitudes: exclusive, white, privileged, a certain dress and lifestyle

Why is it important? It is not. No college is today is "preppy" in general because of multiple years of diversifying their population. Most elite colleges today recruit the largest balance of their students from public schools and prep schools today themselves are increasingly diverse. You will find your type in all colleges since your class is orders of magnitude bigger (2000-8000) in comparison to your single kid.

Will there be preppy (not used in a derogatory way, it is a valid subgroup) type kids going there? Of course? Will they be an inconsequential minority? Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The SLACs in New England will always be preppy:
Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Colgate, Trinity, Wesleyan is boho prep, Middlebury...

I would add Union college in NY as well to this list.

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Furman

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Kid looking at Bowdoin, Bates, Vassar and Wesleyan as less preppy. On track or not?

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Dartmouth, Colgate, Bucknell, Lafayette, Lehigh, Colby

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By appearances, most schools are much less preppy than they were 30 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:Kid looking at Bowdoin, Bates, Vassar and Wesleyan as less preppy. On track or not?

Agree re Vassar and Wes, but I thought B, B and C in Maine all seemed fairly NE prep.

[Anonymous]

Vassar and Wesleyan are not preppy.

[Anonymous]

New England preppy:

Dartmouth, Princeton, Williams, Georgetown, Trinity, Yale (outside of English/X Studies majors)

Southern preppy:

Duke, Washington & Lee, Southern Methodist, University of Richmond, Wake Forest, UVA, UNC, etc.

New England preppy generally meant the students actually come from prep schools in the northeast.

Southern preppy, the students may come from wealthy suburban publics/privates/parochial schools (there really are no top prep schools in the south) but dress in pastels. Generally the social life at Southern preppy schools tend to revolve around Greek Life, while many preppy NE schools don't even have Greek Life.