Look for any college - especially an LAC - that offers an undergraduate business degree.
Son has found that University of Pennsylvania is super preppy both in fashion (!!!) and in lifestyle⊠maybe not so much in conservative thought- although Wharton sure is.
SMU, Ole Miss, and TCU draw a preppy crowd from around my neck of the woods
yes those are exactly the type of schools that im looking for
im from CT though and im kinda looking for a change. So are there any colleges like this that are on the west coast?
Check out answers 5, 9, 10, 14, 15, 20, 22 for names.
The West Coast isnât very âpreppyâ, but look into McKenna, USC, URedlands, LMU, USan Diego (the private school, not the UC); kinda-sorta-for-the-PNW: UPortland to a certain extent, USeattle, Whitman, UPugetSound perhaps.
USC was my dream school but my stats arent high enough for me to be accepted
If you are from the Northeast and want preppy and a different vibe then head south. Schools like Elon, Wake Forest and Furman can be added to the other suggestions. I just donât think the west coast is going to have that conservative, preppy vibe
âim from CT though and im kinda looking for a change. So are there any colleges like this that are on the west coast?â
Pepperdine
i do really like some of the sec schools (alabama, uga, lsu) but I keep hearing you will only have a social life if you go greek? is this true at all?
Pepperdine isnât exactly preppy though - more, like, evangelical-glitzy. 
OP: what are your stats?
If USC is not reachable, then McKenna also isnât. Some of our suggestions may not target the right schools (although a wide variety of levels has been provided).
Also, do you need to earn merit, can your parents afford anything, do you expect financial aid, do you have a budget�
@circuitrider said: âLook for any college - especially an LAC - that offers an undergraduate business degree.â
Perfect description right there
well im only a sophomore so i havent taken the SAT or ACT yet, but im already doing test prep classes because my school basically requires it. I got a 970 on my psat if that helps at all. I do plan on scoring way better on the actual tests. My gpa is the main problem because it currently is a 2.9. Money is not an issue.
Those would encompass reaches and likelies for you:
Providence, Fairfield, Quinipiac, Fordham, Manhattan College, Hobart&William Smith, St Lawrence are all in the Northeast.
Miami-Ohio, Stevenson, Sweet Briar, Meredith, Hollins, Mary Baldwin, Randolph-Macon, Roanoke, Elon, USC Columbia, UTennessee, Sewanee, Birmingham Southern, Rollins,Ole Miss, Wofford, URedlands, USanDiego, USeattle, UPortland, Whitman, U Puget Sound would be in different regions of the country.
Get a Fiske guide or read about them in unigo or colleges that change lives.
Try to bring your GPA to above a 3.0 and make sure you have sufficient course rigor (math through precalculus or calculus, foreign language up to level 3 or 4, 4 years of English and social science/history, all three from bio, chem, and physics even if theyâre at âregularâ level, plus one art/music/art history class.)
Wake Forest, Colgate, Williams, Dartmouth, Villanova-- if you visit a school and the first thing you start worrying about is going shopping its probably a more preppy school.
@a20171 : OP has 2.9/970PSAT, so none of the above are possible.
@hsgirl89: you could read the thread for parents of B/B+ students - scroll down to the bottom of the page for ideas of where students were admitted. You can post your question in the parents forum with a clear heading (âpreppy colleges for the B studentâ), keeping in mind youâre addressing parents. Most of them have been researching colleges for their kids for the past 2 years and some volunteers are actual experts, so they have a lot of good ideas!
@gardenstategal Just want to clarify â Denison has really moved past its preppy history â recent article about how it, Williams and Grinnell successfully foster economic diversity on campus, plus that NY Times piece a while ago about economic demographics at various schools put Denison families at much more blended, and modest, economically, than both Kenyon and Oberlin.
Schools like Trinity CT, W&L, Sewanee would fit the OPâs bill
@MYOS1634 If I raise my grades throughout the rest of high school do you think Pepperdine would be possible? Itâs definitely one of my top choices as of right now.
I should clarify â re- âpreppyâ â I donât mean to interpret it overly narrowly in terms of economic class. If one is painting âpreppyâ more broadly in terms of generally moderate Republican politics, Vineyard Vines clothing, aspirations to finance careers etc (again, stereotypes, my apologies), then, while there are Republicans at Denison, some of whom may even play lacrosse etc. â that is not a dominant aspect of the school community or culture.
Donât mean for this to come off as snarky, sorry if my humor is not really working tonight.
Well, you can try as a reach, but itâs very reachy - itâs a top school nationally. Average GPA is about 3.6 and sat in the 1200âs. Very very few students with your stats were admitted, and they were likely highly sought after athletes.
Obviously, work hard and do try and apply, because you never know⊠but focus on finding similar universities.
For all itâs worth, Pepperdine doesnât strike me as preppy per se but rather as glitzy, Which is different. (Also, itâs evangelical, when 'preppy â tends to mean mainstream protestant or catholic.)
USanDiego would be close in environment and would be more accessible to a B/B+ student.