<p>What's funny is that at my school, some people actually choose to be ghetto even though they have money.</p>
<p>lol Japs. Usually weighed down by several pounds of Tiffany's bought for them by their father, living in one of New Jersey's richest, hilltop-mansion towns.</p>
<p>The person at Penn that I am closest to...went to boarding school, wears polo shirts. But he's a totally down-to-earth Russian Jew with a shaggy haircut lol. Which is pretty rare, as the generalization goes that most Russian Jewish guys are Brooklyn Wiggaz, computer nerds, or Armani/tight pants-loving Neo Russians. When I went to Penn, I only saw a handful of people I could describe as "preppy" - the people I talked to included a cute dorky guy, a bubbly black latin dancer girl, and an upperclass white girl wearing black cashmere over a white oxford shirt. </p>
<p>Some of the people I befriended while waiting for ED decisions? From California Indian homecoming prince (anu!) to New Jersey Indian ska band frontman (streetlight!); from Catch, a Chinese girl from Arizona, to choco, a white Italian guy from Philly. Woohoo for diversity! Basically, the campus isn't overrun with the prepsters.</p>
<p>I would say the important part is really how you wear it.</p>
<p>Yes, the americans at Penn all wear their designer clothes, but they still look like ****.
I am sorry to say it, but Uggs got their name because they are ugly. And no, they don't look better with sweatpants. Or shorts. Or a skirt. Or anything.
Another odd thing that I have noticed is that even though Prada makes some of the nicest shoes in the world, americans seem to have a genetic predisposition for finding the very rare ugly models that they have made.</p>
<p>The only people that actually can dress well are the Europeans. The germans, the french, the brits and the scandinavians are by far the most well dressed people on campus.</p>
<p>Scandinavians? There are Scandinavians at Penn?</p>
<p>i agree with snipan</p>
<p>RaspberrySmoothie - why wouldn't there be Scaninavians at Penn?</p>
<p>They are not many, considering the tuition-free education system in Scandinavia, but there are some.</p>
<p>heres what i find funny about thsi thread: it's only about clothes! and the generalizations that come with them. I feel like the negative aspects of "preppy" are in the personality of the kid (ie arrogant, or flaunting their money) I'm going to Penn next year, and yeah I'm coming from a prep school in NE, I dont wear much abercrombie or j crew, but I've got my fair share of urban outfitters clothes (and dont lie, we all know it's not that urban) and yes, i own velour sweatpants, but I dont consider myself preppy, I'm even gonna be an art major... that doesnt even matter. my point: I AM interested in hanging out with a varitey of people, popped collar or not! when I first read this thread I was nervous because I really do want to break out and meet people different from those I've grown up with in private school. but I figure as long as there are a few kids out there who feel the same way, it'll all end up being alright.</p>
<p>that hart callahan kid lives around me. Friends of mine know who he is and are going to show up at his next "tennis match" and heckle the snob.</p>
<p>I agree with Bexter. We are just discussing clothes. The point is do you want to go to Penn or not? If you do, preppy people should not hinder you from going to this school. Personally, I believe that there are preppy folks at EVERY colleges, some more prevalent than others. Many of my friends are preppy and yes they are sometimes stuck-up and I tell them when they are but many are stuck-up not because they are stuck up but because of their surrounding (i.e. pressure from friends and family). But a lot of them are really nice and I think that "regular" people judge them too quickly based on sterotypes.
Then again, I don't come from an elite prep school (I go to an art school). So I may not have been exposed to the "bad-side" of money. However still, since I really beliebe peen is a match for me, I don't think I care how preppy it is or is not.</p>
<p>btw, clothes everywhere are about the same price (I'm saying GAP, AE, A&F, Banana Republic, etc.. not Prada or Versace or anything) Personally, clothes are geting ridiculously expensive anyways. Although I have a weakness for the Gap, I can't believe how much money they rip outta me. So wearing a certain kind of clothes does not deem anyone "rich" by any standards. Clothes are just too damn expensive to begin with.</p>
<p>^^i dont think preppy is bad, or that preppy makes penn bad, blablabla, i was just trying to help explain what preppy is. i think its an interesting topic and we dont only have to discuss the academic sides of schools here, because we're people and its natural to wonder about other things.</p>
<p>So, what are you going to wear your first day of class? lol</p>
<p>Yea, Hart Callahan lives near me, too. If he weren't going to private school, he's be at my public school. I was browsing through mtv.com at the photo gallery of his sweet sixteen photo album and I saw this dude who was like gaping (I guess at the dancers even though you can't see them in the photo) and I was like "omg, that guy goes to my school!" Egh, it looked like a weird party with the dancers...</p>
<p>And yes, Prada does make some damn good shoes (although I'm too poor afford them) and so the Jimmy Choo (so much azn pride)! I still think those Herve Chapalier bags imported from France are retarded for what they're worth here.</p>
<p>^^I watched that episode and it's sickening to see kids so spoiled. I can't imagine my mother spending that kind of money on car, yet alone a party? <em>shaking my head</em> At the end of the day, it's the parents who taught them to act the way they do. </p>
<p>I must say Hart wasn't as spoiled as some of the other kids. </p>
<p>But aside from MTV, regardless of the so called "preppiness" I still want to go to Penn.</p>
<p>ahhh japs...yes i know so many. im jewish but not a princess, a lot of my friends are japs tho and u gotta have blinders on when u judge ppl because i have a bad habit of judging ppl negatively by the way they look(ie preppy=snobby) but theres been quite a few times whre i realized how wrong i was. when i visited penn, it seemed like a lot of the girls were preppy but im sure tht doesnt make them all snobby and look down oupon others.</p>
<p>Those parties cost a little less than my house.</p>
<p>lol i have some friends who go to school with her and apparently she is such a loser and has no friends...shes prolly really depressed and her parents spoil her bc they feel bad for being divorced and think material things can make up for it...just shows tht u cant buy friends or happiness.</p>
<p>at my school, I don't think people even know Kate Spade. </p>
<p>Anyway, when I visited, everyone was white, or seemed to be. Maybe that's because I rarely see white people at my school. Other than that, everyone seemed pretty normal and friendly.</p>
<p>KATE SPADE??? who is she</p>
<p>a designer known for her handbags and leather goods than anything else. on the lower end of the designer price spectrum. prices vary from low $100 to high $300.</p>