Preppy Colleges

College Search & Selection
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<p>Matches in the south include Sewanee, Centre, Rhodes, Elon and maybe Richmond. Matches in the Midwest/Pa include Denison, Gettysburg and maybe Dickinson. Franklin & Marshall and Union are reaches, although they are SAT/ACT optional, and you may improve your odds by not sending in your test scores (admissions reps can advise you on this.) Safeties among LACs include St. Lawrence, Hobart & Smith College, Lake Forest and maybe Muhlenberg. </p>

<p>For universities, matches (with a large number of preppies) include Tulane, University of Miami, Syracuse and maybe George Washington. American looks like a safety. </p>

<p>I hope that this is helpful.</p>

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<p>Northeast Preppy:</p>

<p>BC, Colgate, Bucknell, Georgetown, Villanova, Providence</p>

<p>Southern Preppy:</p>

<p>Vandy, UVA, UNC, Wake, Duke, W&L</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

<p>I'm looking for NE preppy schools.</p>

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<p>Drew. 10char</p>

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<p>Traditional (Popular with Northeast Prep Schools):
Amherst, Bowdoin, Dartmouth, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Middlebury, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, Trinity (CT), UVA, Vanderbilt, Williams, Yale (+ some other Ivies)</p>

<p>Mixture of Traditional/Modern:</p>

<h2>BC, Florida, Lehigh, Lafayette, Tufts, UNC, University of Southern California, Wake Forest</h2>

<p>Modern Version:
Bucknell, Denison, Fairfield, Loyola-MD, Marquette, Miami (OH), Muhlenberg, Northeastern, Rollins, Tulane, UDelaware, UMiami, URichmond, Villanova </p>

<p>Southern Preppy:
Centre, CofC, Elon, Georgia, Furman, Ole Miss, Rhodes, Sewanee, SMU, W&L, Wofford</p>

<p>Other LACs (generally traditional):
Bates, Bryn Mawr, Colby, Colorado, Davidson, Dickinson, Gettysburg, F&M, Hamilton, Haverford, Hampden-Sydney, Hobart, Kenyon, Lake Forest, St. Lawrence, Union, Wellesley, Wesleyan</p>

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<p>Well, that's quite a comprehensive list!</p>

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<p>Once again, I'd argue that someone, at least from my generation, looking for a preppy school would not be very happy with Wesleyan (and probably not Haverford, either). Although those two schools might, in their way, be popular with prep schools, it's normally with the prep school kids who don't like being prep school kids (at least not in attitude), if that makes sense. </p>

<p>Although the presence of "traditional" prep school kids sometimes lead people who expect Wes/Haverford to be completely alternative to think the schools are "peppier" than advertised, I think that someone actively seeking a school with preppy kids will be disappointed. </p>

<p>Although the presence of "traditional" prep school kids might lead someone who expects Wes/Haverford to be completely alternative to think the schools are "preppier" than advertised, I think that someone actively seeking a school with preppy kids will be disspointed.</p>

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<p>With the traditional preppy NE schools, include Colby and Bates</p>

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<p>Weskid: when I was at Wesleyan the "preppies" (in a style and attitude sense) were pretty much limited to the two or three "jock" fraternities that existed on campus at the time. While this represented a definite minority of the overall student population, I think that among themselves anyway they were quite a "happy" bunch. I would not be surprised if things hadn't changed a great deal in recent years, though. But, it makes me wonder, with regard to NE preppiness- I would think that almost any "elite" LAC that has a strong fraternity presence would probably offer some manner of "preppy" environment for those so inclined, within the fraternity system</p>

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<p>Miami of Ohio is very preppy, but usually in a good way. They offer a lot of great programs.</p>

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<p>bates isn’t preppy. most preppy school in the northeast= Trinity College.</p>

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<p>fencermother, I had that Preppy Handbook back in about 1980
probably still have it packed away somewhere. Pretty funny.</p>

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<p>To be really preppy in the old sense of the word, I think you need to go to the Midwest or South–places like Denison, Lake Forest, Hollins, Hillsdale, Wabash (all male), DePauw, Washington & Lee; to a bit lesser extent, Furman and Davidson. </p>

<p>Closest thing in the Northeast: Trinity (Ct.), Bowdoin, Colby, Hamilton.</p>

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<p>Wheaton (Mass) was very preppy when I went there, and we visited most of the colleges on the eastern seaboard over the four years. Trinity was the most preppy by far. Sounds like it still is. Its not a safety school, though.</p>

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<p>For yet another different brand of preppy, try these schools:</p>

<p>Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles)
Santa Clara University
University of Southern California</p>

<p>While I have no personal experience with it, I imagine that West Coast preppy to be a bit less type-A than, say, Northeast preppy and maybe a bit less wholesome than Southern preppy.</p>

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<p>Williams currently isn’t really preppy either.</p>

<p>For a preppy school I’d look at Colgate.</p>

<p>Follow the frats in general for preppies.</p>

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<p>Well, for a college to truely be preppy it is gonna have to have a large population of kids from prep schools (most likely east coast prep schools). Therefore the colleges are likely to be on the better (more selective) end of the spectrum, making it hard to find a safety that is truely preppy.</p>

<p>When I think preppy college I automatically thin Princeton (not quite a safety).</p>

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<p>SMU
C of C
Miami (OH)</p>

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<p>I don’t think that when high school kids say “preppy” they mean with a lot of kids from Ancient 8 boarding schools. I think they mean a style of dressing /appearance more than anything else. To a lesser extent, it also means a campus where pre-vocational isn’t a dirty word. They want a campus where kids walk around in Abercrombie & Fitch and Banana Republic clothes, instead of generic jeans and hoodies from Old Navy;where young women wear make-up to class; there are usually a lot of Greeks; there are lots of students majoring in business, and very few in philosophy; where students cheer on the sports teams enthusistically and jocks are school leaders ; where students dress up rather than down to go to things like football games and parties.</p>

<p>However, maybe the OP can let us know if that’s his definitition..or not.</p>

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<p>Where I come from (Northeast, kid at a NESCAC school), preppy most certainly does not mean wearing Abercrombie or majoring in business. It more likely means wearing worn old L.L. Bean and majoring in economics or yes, even philosophy. Business, and other pre-professional, “practical” majors don’t even exist at most of the college preppies in these parts would consider attending. The idea is that if you’re well and broadly-educated (i.e. have gone to good schools, are literate, worldly, cutured, etc.), then you don’t need to get job training as an undergraduate. Leave that until later. Real preps know how to distinguish mass-market “prepesque” style, to which you seem to be referring, from the more deeply ingrained attitudes and approach to life that has constituted preppiness since Rev. Peabody founded Groton.</p>

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