Anonymous
Post 12/22/2024 21:35     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
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Anonymous wrote:The Wesleyan grads I know are pretty much the opposite of preppy.


Funny, I always thought it would be preppy. Kind of the place that prep school lacrosse players would go? But I guess my assumption is wrong. What's the true insight.


NP. The Wesleyan grads I know are all in the arts or academia and graduated in fields like theater and English. I know none of them was in a frat or sorority. Not preppy at all. They describe Wesleyan as artsy and funky - certainly they knew and hung out with, as PP puts it, the opposite of preppy.


Wesleyan just won the NCAA national lacrosse championship.....it has a healthy contingent of prep school grads but also loves its eclectic student body.


Wesleyan is a great college, but not preppy. Lots of private school graduates, but granola.

Why did you respond to a 6 year old post on an 11 year old thread?!?!
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2024 21:33     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Preppy is a style OP; it doesn't mean Greek. Google it
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2024 21:32     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Princeton, UVA, most NESCAC's



GPA is too low for UVA. That's the bottom 25th percentile of the class. OK if URM or otherwise hooked but probably a no go IRL
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2024 21:26     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
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Anonymous wrote:The Wesleyan grads I know are pretty much the opposite of preppy.


Funny, I always thought it would be preppy. Kind of the place that prep school lacrosse players would go? But I guess my assumption is wrong. What's the true insight.


NP. The Wesleyan grads I know are all in the arts or academia and graduated in fields like theater and English. I know none of them was in a frat or sorority. Not preppy at all. They describe Wesleyan as artsy and funky - certainly they knew and hung out with, as PP puts it, the opposite of preppy.


Wesleyan just won the NCAA national lacrosse championship.....it has a healthy contingent of prep school grads but also loves its eclectic student body.


Wesleyan is a great college, but not preppy. Lots of private school graduates, but granola.

Granola has replaced preppy at so many colleges. This generation doesn’t really have the same version of preppy that used to exist.
Anonymous
Post 12/22/2024 21:21     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Wesleyan grads I know are pretty much the opposite of preppy.


Funny, I always thought it would be preppy. Kind of the place that prep school lacrosse players would go? But I guess my assumption is wrong. What's the true insight.


NP. The Wesleyan grads I know are all in the arts or academia and graduated in fields like theater and English. I know none of them was in a frat or sorority. Not preppy at all. They describe Wesleyan as artsy and funky - certainly they knew and hung out with, as PP puts it, the opposite of preppy.


Wesleyan just won the NCAA national lacrosse championship.....it has a healthy contingent of prep school grads but also loves its eclectic student body.


Wesleyan is a great college, but not preppy. Lots of private school graduates, but granola.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2018 16:53     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Ones that are good in lacrosse.


Albany? Denver? UMD?
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2018 16:52     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Ones that are good in lacrosse.
Anonymous
Post 06/02/2018 09:35     Subject: Re:Preppiest colleges?
Dartmouth
Georgia
Vanderbilt
Princeton
SMU
Boston College
Colgate
Bucknell
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2018 09:51     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
College of Charleston
Sewanee
Vandy
UVA
Princeton
Furman
Elon
Trinity
Miami OH
Georgetown
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2018 09:35     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
I haven’t read through this thread and have to assume that it’s already been mentioned several times, but UVA has always had the reputation for being Uber preppy.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2018 08:56     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Anonymous wrote:This thread is from 2013 - I’m assuming OP’s kid found a college by now!


And graduated.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2018 15:56     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The Wesleyan grads I know are pretty much the opposite of preppy.


Funny, I always thought it would be preppy. Kind of the place that prep school lacrosse players would go? But I guess my assumption is wrong. What's the true insight.


NP. The Wesleyan grads I know are all in the arts or academia and graduated in fields like theater and English. I know none of them was in a frat or sorority. Not preppy at all. They describe Wesleyan as artsy and funky - certainly they knew and hung out with, as PP puts it, the opposite of preppy.


Wesleyan just won the NCAA national lacrosse championship.....it has a healthy contingent of prep school grads but also loves its eclectic student body.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2018 14:05     Subject: Preppiest colleges?
This thread is from 2013 - I’m assuming OP’s kid found a college by now!
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2018 12:55     Subject: Re:Preppiest colleges?
Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan is too crunchy/weird to be preppy.

Most of the NESCACs don't have greek life.

OP, how do you/your DD define true prep? Intellectual or lifestyle/clothing? The old time preppy colleges have gotten to be pretty competitive/nerdy and not very preppy. A lot of people who consider themselves preppy, but not in an intellectual way, go to southern schools with big greek life. Posters have listed the relatively short list of schools that have both.


Try not to refer to a school as “weird,” please.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2018 12:04     Subject: Re:Preppiest colleges?
Why was this very old thread reopened?