Waspy Colleges

[Anonymous]

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, the area is WASPy. The school is most definitely not. -- signed a Protestant from PA who went to Villanova and regrets it to this day

[Anonymous]

Are we at the point where if a parent wants their child to hopefully marry someone in the same religion being a "bigot"? Seems like a reasonable view...as long as the parent doesn't intentionally insert themselves into the process to make it happen. WASPy colleges simply are not for everyone. Trick is which are the WASPy colleges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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, the area is WASPy. The school is most definitely not. -- signed a Protestant from PA who went to Villanova and regrets it to this day

OK, what is this supposed to mean? Protestant who regrets it because there were too many ______?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Irish Catholics are WASP-wannabes. Since most WASPs have become very non-religious, the term WASP is becoming synonymous with "uber preppy" and elitist. Generally old money, which now encompasses some Jewish families as well. If you live in Chevy Chase village you are probably WASPY regardless of where you go to church or temple.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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!

Irish Catholics are WASP-wannabes. Since most WASPs have become very non-religious, the term WASP is becoming synonymous with "uber preppy" and elitist. Generally old money, which now encompasses some Jewish families as well. If you live in Chevy Chase village you are probably WASPY regardless of where you go to church or temple.

Sometimes true. Look at the Kennedys -- they outwasped the WASPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are we at the point where if a parent wants their child to hopefully marry someone in the same religion being a "bigot"? Seems like a reasonable view...as long as the parent doesn't intentionally insert themselves into the process to make it happen. WASPy colleges simply are not for everyone. Trick is which are the WASPy colleges?

You don't understand. If a WASP wants her daughter to marry only a WASP, then she's a bigot. If a Jewish parent wants their kids to marry only a Jew, then that's ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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!

Irish Catholics are WASP-wannabes. Since most WASPs have become very non-religious, the term WASP is becoming synonymous with "uber preppy" and elitist. Generally old money, which now encompasses some Jewish families as well. If you live in Chevy Chase village you are probably WASPY regardless of where you go to church or temple.

Sorry, Jews are never welcome to WASP world. I say this as a Jew who grew up and lives in that world, attended NCS, by all outward appearances was no different than my classmates. Yet I wasn't invited to events my WASP classmates were and was never truly accepted into their definition of elite. And I think the same is true today.

As for Irish Catholics, it wasn't long ago that they were prevents from buying homes in certain DC neighborhoods just like the Jews and Blacks. This was in my lifetime. And frankly the irish Catholics I now have a rich enough culture of their own that they aren't there being wannabe anythings.

As for "very non religious" most WASPs I know attend church.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Villanova is catholic but it's still one of the whitest, wealthiest, preppiest etc. etc. places I've ever seen. Nothing but yuppies.

Doesn't matter. Catholics are not WASPs. The p stands for Protestant. Not catholic.

[Anonymous]

And frankly the irish Catholics I now have a rich enough culture of their own that they aren't there being wannabe anythings.

Thank you for this. We Catholics, Irish or otherwise, do not feel the need to become WASPs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were actually looking FOR a Waspy college? Is there a problem with using that as one of the selection criteria?

No, but I do find it a little sad reading threads in which parents state a preference for colleges based on socioeconomic/cultural/political/etc. homogeneity. To me, one of the best things about college is the opportunity to expand your kids' horizons, in part by meeting and working with different people from all walks of life.

[Anonymous]

This is easy: if you want your kid to date white protestants, go to college in the South. The SEC schools and places like TCU, SMU and Baylor are far more culturally "white" than any name brand school in the Northeast. Remember, the Bushes USED to live in Connecticut. Now they live in Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is easy: if you want your kid to date white protestants, go to college in the South. The SEC schools and places like TCU, SMU and Baylor are far more culturally "white" than any name brand school in the Northeast. Remember, the Bushes USED to live in Connecticut. Now they live in Texas.

I think you need to take another look at the "diversity" found in New England states and colleges/universities. It's easy to pretend you embrace diversity when there's very little of it in that region.

[Anonymous]

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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!

Irish Catholics are WASP-wannabes. Since most WASPs have become very non-religious, the term WASP is becoming synonymous with "uber preppy" and elitist. Generally old money, which now encompasses some Jewish families as well. If you live in Chevy Chase village you are probably WASPY regardless of where you go to church or temple.

Sorry, Jews are never welcome to WASP world. I say this as a Jew who grew up and lives in that world, attended NCS, by all outward appearances was no different than my classmates. Yet I wasn't invited to events my WASP classmates were and was never truly accepted into their definition of elite. And I think the same is true today.

As for Irish Catholics, it wasn't long ago that they were prevents from buying homes in certain DC neighborhoods just like the Jews and Blacks. This was in my lifetime. And frankly the irish Catholics I now have a rich enough culture of their own that they aren't there being wannabe anythings.

As for "very non religious" most WASPs I know attend church.

This must have more to do with YOU than the fact that you are Jewish. I know for a fact that religion is essentially a non-factor at the top secular private schools and I have a hard time believing that NCS is THAT far behind the times.

[Anonymous]

NCS is not a secular school. It is episcopalian.

[Anonymous]

Sidwell is not a secular school. It is Quaker.

St. Alban's is Episcopalian.

How is religion a non-factor, when it is the basis for the establishment of these schools? Students of all backgrounds are admitted now, but the schools were established to educate children of the religion, in the religion.