Preppiest colleges?

[Anonymous]

My daughter is a top student, and a true prep. As we are starting to look into colleges (she s a junior) she wants a school that is an academic fit but also a social fit. She is very social and would love a school with a Greek scene. She has a 4.2 GPA and very very high test scores. So Ivies are not out of the question, she is open to areas from south to northeast (west coast too far). Any suggestions?

[Anonymous]

No parent of a "true prep" would be posting here on an anonymous forum for "preppiest college" suggestions.

Talk with her guidance counselor.

[Anonymous]

Princeton and Dartmouth in the Ivies - the rest are actually not that preppy, more nerdy/urban.

Most of the NESCAC schools are preppy but lack the greek scene.

Schools like Wake Forest, UNC Chapel Hill, Davidson, UVA are worth a look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No parent of a "true prep" would be posting here on an anonymous forum for "preppiest college" suggestions.

Talk with her guidance counselor.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No parent of a "true prep" would be posting here on an anonymous forum for "preppiest college" suggestions.

Talk with her guidance counselor.

Who are you? The prep police? I think if anything her posting here anonymously makes more sense than having to actually ask that question. Now that we cleared that up OP. Here are some suggestions

Princeton
UVA
UNC- Chaplel Hill
Vanderbilt
Yale

Good luck and go pink and green

[Anonymous]

Princeton, UVA, most NESCAC's

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth is much, much preppier than Princeton. Trains, competition with Harvard and Yale for the brightest students and an engineering school mean Princeton's preppy past has been overtaken by striving public school types from NY, NJ, PA, MD and VA.

If you want real prep, forget the Ivies. You want SLACs like Williams, Trinity, Babson, Connecticut, Kenyon, Lake Forest, Wellesley, Haverford, and W&L - mostly hard to get into, but not quite as likely to excite the relatives back in Korea and therefore still mostly WASPy.

[Anonymous]

Villanova minus the Greek scene.

[Anonymous]

Vanderbilt and W&L; not Davidson

[Anonymous]

Bloom where she gets planted. Good life skill to be adaptable and learn about different kinds of people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bloom where she gets planted. Good life skill to be adaptable and learn about different kinds of people.

The preppy life style is all about avoiding that, except for junior year abroad.

[Anonymous]

My DD wants exactly the opposite -- no Greek scene and minimal preppies (but very strong academics). I'm glad to see this list because it confirms her choices, which are not on this list.

This is not meant as a criticism of OP. Its good to know what kind of culture you want in a school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth is much, much preppier than Princeton. Trains, competition with Harvard and Yale for the brightest students and an engineering school mean Princeton's preppy past has been overtaken by striving public school types from NY, NJ, PA, MD and VA.

If you want real prep, forget the Ivies. You want SLACs like Williams, Trinity, Babson, Connecticut, Kenyon, Lake Forest, Wellesley, Haverford, and W&L - mostly hard to get into, but not quite as likely to excite the relatives back in Korea and therefore still mostly WASPy.

Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth is much, much preppier than Princeton. Trains, competition with Harvard and Yale for the brightest students and an engineering school mean Princeton's preppy past has been overtaken by striving public school types from NY, NJ, PA, MD and VA.

If you want real prep, forget the Ivies. You want SLACs like Williams, Trinity, Babson, Connecticut, Kenyon, Lake Forest, Wellesley, Haverford, and W&L - mostly hard to get into, but not quite as likely to excite the relatives back in Korea and therefore still mostly WASPy. [/quote]


Agree with above list but Williams think Amherst might be a preppier choice and the others on the list as well.. Also Wesleyan and Vanderbilt

Wow.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you should hope and pray she outgrows it.