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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kid looking at Bowdoin, Bates, Vassar and Wesleyan as less preppy. On track or not?[/quote]

Agree re Vassar and Wes, but I thought B, B and C in Maine all seemed fairly NE prep. [/quote]

While B, B and Colby all seem to have some NE prep to them, I can only really speak to Bates since that's where by DC attends.  Bates feels a bit different to me - probably because of its location in Lewiston which is a lot grittier than Mayflower Hill and Brunswick.  This doesn't bother my DC because he comes from a grittier area too.  Bates didn't feel "preppy" to me during our visits, but my DC has on occasion mentioned the number of his friends that went to boarding school.  DC is a public school kid and unphased by any preppiness that does exist.  As to clothing choices - it seems to be more outdoorsy than preppy.[/quote]

There's the standard popped collar polo shirt and boat shoes (from the old Preppy Handbook), which would include Bowdoin and Colby, but then there is the more "boho" prep (a little shabbier and outdoorsier in style, a little more weed and a bit less gin and tonic) and that would be Bates and Wesleyan, and possibly Vassar too but I'm not quite as sure.[/quote]

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