Why this obsession with "preppy colleges"?
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Anonymous
| I've seen many threads and posts wondering about, assessing and bragging about the "preppiness" of various colleges. What gives? Is "preppy," whatever that means, really something folks care about when looking at colleges? Why? |
Anonymous
| preppy everything lately |
Anonymous
| you haven't noticed the trend in preppiness in the last couple years? Vineyard Vines, Tuckernuck, etc.? Kiel James Patrick being vomited all over social media? |
Anonymous
 at this dude. such a wannabe and obvious poser.
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Anonymous
| Do you have a teenager in your house? Dah? |
Anonymous
| Preppy might also be a code for white... |
Anonymous
Ding ding ding ding!!!! Duh! |
Anonymous
| People should be themselves and learn to get along with everyone. |
Anonymous
I doubt it. But I think it is a code for conservative. |
Anonymous
No i don't think it is - it's code word for white Umc It stems from one of the biggest things parents look for in a school - the dating/mating/social pool. |
Anonymous
I'm the poster from 9:19 and this is exactly what I meant. People like to socialize with people like themselves. For instance, the percentage of white, prep school kids is much higher at NESCAC schools than the ivy league. |
Anonymous
| I agree PP - also code for rich. |
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| Because maybe there are people who like being around people who are similar to them. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. I know "diversity" is a big thing for most colleges these days. If you wanna go to a super ethnically/socioeconomically diverse college, that's fine. Some people don't. Get over it. |
Anonymous
You don't know what you're talking about and why would you qualify the prep school kids with their race? I think that speaks volumes about your agenda. NESCAC and Ivy's have very comparable percentages of students entering from private vs. public. |
Anonymous
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I grew up in Greenwich CT in the 1980s - that was a preppy town.
Unless you really KNOW preppy in this way, you should seriously stop trying to guess what it is, or means. Anyway, its an ancient concept and not really so relevant today, thank god. |