Preppiest colleges?

[Anonymous]

Haverford has a lot of private school grads (mostly Friends schools), but it's Quaker and has no frats. How is it making the cut? It's WASPy, yes, but in a very crunchy way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not true. Greek life is huge at e.g. Bowdoin and Trinity.

Don't know about Amherst - but Williams has no Greek scene (go Williams).

No Greek scene on Amherst's campus. Possibly at UMass, I noticed a few frat houses while visiting DC.

Go Jeffs!

[Anonymous]

Amherst ditched the frats over 20 years ago. UMass has frats, but they only matter to the people they matter to. There's a strong crunchy scene as well as an outdoor club at UMass too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not true. Greek life is huge at e.g. Bowdoin and Trinity.

Don't know about Amherst - but Williams has no Greek scene (go Williams).

I thought Trinity was shutting down greek life?

[Anonymous]

Everyone should shut down Greek life. Then they can go to college and make friends like grownups.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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.

Not true. Greek life is huge at e.g. Bowdoin and Trinity.

Don't know about Amherst - but Williams has no Greek scene (go Williams).

I thought Trinity was shutting down greek life?

They were talking about it but there has been an outcry from alumni.

Feats suck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone should shut down Greek life. Then they can go to college and make friends like grownups.

+1

[Anonymous]

University of Richmond is super preppy.

[Anonymous]

Why do you think Greek life and preppy are one in the same? This is not the case! Just because a school is preppy does not mean it has an active Greek life and vice versa.

[Anonymous]

Hobart & William Smith

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, Boston College, Alabama, UVA, Princeton, Wake Forest

Um, no.

Boston College is Catholic preppy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do you think Greek life and preppy are one in the same? This is not the case! Just because a school is preppy does not mean it has an active Greek life and vice versa.

The OPs daughter wants both. That's why people are commenting on both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trinity is very preppy. So is Miami of Ohio, Georgetown, and Vanderbilt..UVA and several Ivy "wannabees".
My kid just graduated from Princeton. It was less preppy than her private school here in DC. Also, it doesn't have a big Greek system...in fact, the university doesn't authorize the Greek system.

Yes, I've heard Miami of Ohio is really preppy

[Anonymous]

What is preppy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is preppy?

High quotient of kids from private schools, preferably boarding schools or at least something with "Country Day" in the title. Parochial schools don't count unless Episcopalian.