Bohemian, preppy colleges?

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[Post New]05/29/2017 15:40
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Anonymous
Lots of preppy kids at Conn College. Lots of alternative, bohemian kids too.
[Post New]05/29/2017 16:46
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan, Oberlin, Reed, Vassar, Macalaster


I went to Reed. Reed like other LACs listed in this thread has a lot of kids who went to prep schools (as in selective, college preparatory private high schools) and who want a rigorous education at a LAC, but are alienated by preppy culture and are more quirky, alternative types. I know a couple people, for example, who went to Choate then Reed who are both crunchy, hipsterish, and alternative types.
[Post New]05/29/2017 16:48
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PaleoConPrep
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Anonymous wrote:St. Johns Annapolis is not this- not preppy at all.

I would say Williams, Brown, maybe Duke.

Disagree. When I visited St. John's, I saw a lot of guys in coat & tie. I asked a lot of students there where they went to high school, and several attended northeastern private day/boarding schools that use the Harkness method. Most kids are hipsters, but there are a good number of preps at SJC. I'm quite preppy, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a Bohemian.( I don't think you can be a Far-Right Bohemian) At the same time, I'm not really a frat boy either. I despise modern fraternities because of the wreckless/hedonistic behavior of most frat boys. Do I fall into the "alternative" category? BTW, I did not start this thread.
[Post New]05/29/2017 17:17
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Anonymous
University of Vermont
[Post New]05/29/2017 18:59
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Anonymous
School near an Anthropologie store?
[Post New]05/30/2017 07:05
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Anonymous
PaleoConPrep wrote:
Anonymous wrote:St. Johns Annapolis is not this- not preppy at all.

I would say Williams, Brown, maybe Duke.

Disagree. When I visited St. John's, I saw a lot of guys in coat & tie. I asked a lot of students there where they went to high school, and several attended northeastern private day/boarding schools that use the Harkness method. Most kids are hipsters, but there are a good number of preps at SJC. I'm quite preppy, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a Bohemian.( I don't think you can be a Far-Right Bohemian) At the same time, I'm not really a frat boy either. I despise modern fraternities because of the wreckless/hedonistic behavior of most frat boys. Do I fall into the "alternative" category? BTW, I did not start this thread.


Survivalist/homeschooling types?
[Post New]05/30/2017 09:56
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
PaleoConPrep wrote:
Anonymous wrote:St. Johns Annapolis is not this- not preppy at all.

I would say Williams, Brown, maybe Duke.

Disagree. When I visited St. John's, I saw a lot of guys in coat & tie. I asked a lot of students there where they went to high school, and several attended northeastern private day/boarding schools that use the Harkness method. Most kids are hipsters, but there are a good number of preps at SJC. I'm quite preppy, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a Bohemian.( I don't think you can be a Far-Right Bohemian) At the same time, I'm not really a frat boy either. I despise modern fraternities because of the wreckless/hedonistic behavior of most frat boys. Do I fall into the "alternative" category? BTW, I did not start this thread.


Survivalist/homeschooling types?


Not sure about far right but you can be a libertarian type, but also be boho and preppy.

In any case, for OP - Williams, Dartmouth, and Reed come to mind.
[Post New]05/30/2017 11:25
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Anonymous
Brown, obviously.
[Post New]05/30/2017 12:06
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Anonymous
Are you the same poster who wanted preppy, yet bohemian clothing brands, OP?

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/644875.page
[Post New]05/30/2017 18:26
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Are you the same poster who wanted preppy, yet bohemian clothing brands, OP?

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/644875.page


OP- Actually no, weird coincidence.
[Post New]06/03/2017 13:54
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that so many people are having trouble with this concept. That being said, I would probably say the more hipster NESCAC colleges- Bates, Wesleyan, and Conn College.



Isn't hipster the opposite of preppy?
[Post New]06/03/2017 14:02
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm surprised that so many people are having trouble with this concept. That being said, I would probably say the more hipster NESCAC colleges- Bates, Wesleyan, and Conn College.



Isn't hipster the opposite of preppy?



I suppose bohemian preppy could exist. My high school had preppy rednecks. Something that I've had a very hard time describing to people.
[Post New]06/03/2017 14:57
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Anonymous
A website of people from the wrong generation probably isn't the best place to go.

My take, the differences among the elite LACs are minor, after you deal with important things like majors offered.
[Post New]06/06/2017 11:53
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Anonymous
I don't know if it's different now, but years ago when I went to William & Mary, I had a lot of alternative-bohemian prepster friends who'd gone to the top boarding schools in New England and in the UK.
[Post New]06/06/2017 14:03
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Anonymous
Bennington.


this.
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