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[Post New]07/04/2015 19:46
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Anonymous wrote:Sewanee

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[Post New]07/04/2015 22:36
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Anonymous wrote:Anyone who says Williams isn't WASP-y must have a different definition for WASP.


The school purports to be diverse. Not sure since no DC attend. But that's a claim one would think that schools should not make lightly?
[Post New]07/05/2015 16:50
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Southern Methodist University


x2


+3

This is the pinnacle of WASPy socializing. More prestigious schools have a higher Jewish and Asian enrollment, which reduces the WASPyness.
[Post New]07/05/2015 16:51
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Pomona, Baylor

Are Mormons considered WASPs? If so, BYU.
[Post New]07/06/2015 19:00
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Conn College? Bennington?
[Post New]10/07/2016 10:44
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Anonymous wrote:Thread runing on preppiest colleges...let's try this one....."Waspy" colelges? Which are "the" Waspy colleges??


What's the difference?
[Post New]10/07/2016 11:03
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Anonymous wrote:Why, OP? Are you hoping to have your child apply to these or avoid them?


It's the kid that wants to go to school in New England in the 1950s. He just can't let his fantasy of an all white campus go.
[Post New]10/12/2016 22:13
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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.


[Post New]10/12/2016 22:17
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Anonymous wrote:Duke
UVA
UNC
UT-Austin
USC (University of Southern California, not University of South Carolina)


USC has a substantial "preppy"student population, but is about as far from WASPY as possible - the Catholic, Asian and Jewish student populations all outnumber the Protestant student population.
[Post New]10/12/2016 22:20
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Anonymous wrote:Thread runing on preppiest colleges...let's try this one....."Waspy" colelges? Which are "the" Waspy colleges??


What's the difference?


I think many confuse "preppy" and WASPY

Many Catholic schools are preppy (Georgetown, Villanova, BC) but I wouldn't call any WASPy
[Post New]10/15/2016 11:59
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University of Richmond
[Post New]10/15/2016 12:58
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Few of the top 50 schools are that homogenous anymore. Those schools are sought after and compete for the best and brightest from all backgrounds. They have generous endowments that allow them to offer good need based aid and scholarships. Duke, Princeton, even Dartmouth are all examples of schools that may have been traditionally waspy but are now much more diverse. Which, in my view, is a good thing.
[Post New]10/15/2016 16:15
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Anonymous wrote:Few of the top 50 schools are that homogenous anymore. Those schools are sought after and compete for the best and brightest from all backgrounds. They have generous endowments that allow them to offer good need based aid and scholarships. Duke, Princeton, even Dartmouth are all examples of schools that may have been traditionally waspy but are now much more diverse. Which, in my view, is a good thing.

Diversity is a joke
[Post New]10/15/2016 16:39
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Anonymous wrote:We were actually looking FOR a Waspy college? Is there a problem with using that as one of the selection criteria?


Paleo-con is back. I'll be glad when he finally goes to college and finds something else to fret about.
[Post New]10/15/2016 16:43
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PaleoConPrep wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Few of the top 50 schools are that homogenous anymore. Those schools are sought after and compete for the best and brightest from all backgrounds. They have generous endowments that allow them to offer good need based aid and scholarships. Duke, Princeton, even Dartmouth are all examples of schools that may have been traditionally waspy but are now much more diverse. Which, in my view, is a good thing.

Diversity is a joke
And so are you, my friend. A big one. I, for one, will be glad when you tire of DCUM.
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