<p>I agree, Reed seemed totally off the radar on the list. This copy of The Preppy Handbook is copyrighted 1980- cannot believe there were popped collars even that decade!</p>
<p>I think the question can be read either as: what schools have high numbers of prep school alumni?,</p>
<p>or as: what schools have a stereotypically preppy atmosphere?</p>
<p>If the first, sure, you might as well just list all high-end LACs and most private U's, too. Which will tell you nothing, but would by this approach include Reed and Vassar.</p>
<p>Or you could might be looking for a particular type of fit, in which case obvously you're not simply going to list schools which have a high percentage of private school graduates, but rather those who have higher percentages of the more stereotypical preppy image.</p>
<p>I would assume the OP was asking the second question, not the first, in which case Reed, Vassar, and many other schools would not be helpful additions.</p>
<p>The most funky, free-thinking of my son's friends go to/have graduated from mondo expensive private (preppy-type) schools, lol. :-)</p>
<p>Reed is bohiemian prep in the book. It is a pretty neat place if you're the right person. Yes I kept the book. It is handy when I try to explain differences how a college feels.</p>
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<p>A hand-me-down from grandpa, of course. With a plaid cummerbund, no formal shirt, no tie, and sneakers. (I joke, but it was an interesting, unsuccessful social experiment, my daughter asking one of her male private-school friends to escort her to her public-school prom. He was a nice guy, but extremely uncomfortable in a crowd full of conventionally ambitious, proud-to-be-nerdy, too-poor-to-be-Buddhist public school kids. And most of them had never met a trustafarian before, or known they existed, and they didn't get any of the jokes.)</p>
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<p>Not every prep need be the stereotypical pink-and-green prep. There were definitely alterna-preps even back then, who needed a place to chill before doing what they were born for and destined for anyway, and Reed was as good a place as any.</p>
<p>I don't remember them (collars) being popped (in the 70s)...but then again the 70s had moments of blur. Agree, have several friends from mainline prep schools who went to Reed. One who went to Colorado College. Many preps at Reed back in those days.</p>
<p>"and they didn't get any of the jokes" ... cute.</p>
<p>garland
In general the percentage of private school kids and the percentage of kids not receiving financial aid gives you mini's preppy index. Depending on your preference any number over 70 would be considered preppy. I stopped at 80 because below that what's the point?</p>
<p>JHS, thanks so much for "trustafarian". D2 and I are going on a college visit to U of San Francisco. It might be their mother ship. I'll let you know.</p>
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<p>As I keep telling D -- all these "fashion trends" that she thinks are so new aren't new at all. As for the popped collars -- been there, done that the first time around.</p>
<p>When my son mentions the preppy look, I say, "Oh, I remember that!" He says: it's different now. It's more 'sexy-preppy.''" </p>
<p>I can see that (& confess to wearing fitted polo shirts). The style is much more flattering than the bulky argyle sweaters and unisex polos of years ago. Then again, for my 7 year old girl, I'd want the future to go back to dock-siders and baggy sweaters!</p>
<p>sexy-preppy: Thank you, Ralph Lauren, for turning an oxymoron into an industry.</p>
<p>Well, when you compare 'sexy-preppy' to the 'strip-club-cocktail waitress' look that seems to have been ruling the junior departments of stores for the past 10 or so years -- I'll take the former!!</p>
<p>I don't think preppiness is exactly a "trend"....it's a way of life for a certain group of people. I've worn LL Bean and Sperrys my whole life like many others in small New England towns and suburbs and they certainly weren't "in style" when I was a little kid and probably won't be in 5 years, but I'll wear them anyway.</p>
<p>True, pinkpineapple. It's a nice, classic look, too. I try to encourage my son do go that route, but he's not buying it (for now). :-)</p>
<p>Edit--this was supposed to follow yours, pinkpineapple...</p>
<p>Parentofbear--my point is that a Reed or Vassar may have prep school kids. But that doesn't make them "preppy", indices aside. My D went to an OOS public school that felt more preppy ( clothing style, sense of entitlement, disengagement from meaningful issues, etc) than the LAC she transfered to, which was more like Reed or Vassar.</p>
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In general the percentage of private school kids and the percentage of kids not receiving financial aid gives you mini's preppy index. Depending on your preference any number over 70 would be considered preppy. I stopped at 80 because below that what's the point?"</p>
<p>Yeah, but there are plenty of private schools that aren't preppy in the least, and plenty of rich people ( = don't need financial aid) who aren't preppy. It sounds like a wealth index, but preppy old money is a subset of wealth.</p>
<p>skullduggery-
ya SLU is hardcore preppy. they have a lot of dirty hippies too, but there are definitely a majority of preps.</p>
<p>garland
It's a different type of preppy but still prep. The bear could be considered the official arbiter of all things prep in our area of the Northwest. In New Jersey she would be a hick from the west. Portland has a different feel than a city on the east coast. Reed has different look than a preppy college in the east but looks are deceptive. But I’ll be the first to admit I like the place and the only I time I don’t like going on campus is to retrieve a ball out of bounds from the 13th hole.</p>
<p>I do not remember collars being popped in 1980 when yours truly was in college. I do remember a lot of pastel oxford shirts worn with grograin bows, or with collars tucked into wool crew sweaters with monograms, worn with wide wale cords and Pappagallo shoes. And I did have a kelly green top with a pink A line skirt (that had green piping) and at the time I thought it was hot!</p>