<p>goankit, I'm in the same boat. I love everything about Georgetown except for the prevailing preppy-ness that I hear so much about. </p>
<p>My Old Navy t-shirts don't have collars on it to pop.</p>
<p>Haha it's okay, Sungchul and goankit, we can all be poor together. The only Ralph Lauren I own are sweaters I bought at Goodwill (they're nice too!).</p>
<p>I graduated from Georgetown in '06 and am now a graduate student on campus. Don't take the members bubbling with glee over preppy shops seriously. I don't know if they have some sort of hidden agenda....but they are not your typical Georgetown student. Georgetown has its fair share of preppy types, but no more than other selective colleges on the east coast. It's a rarity that you will see the uber preppy types with their nantucket red pants, items of clothing adorned with little "critters", and boat shoes. </p>
<p>A lot of people do dress in a way that would be considered casual preppy; the occasional collared shirt (collar down!), jeans, flip-flops, cargo shorts. Then there is a large international population that dress very stylish. Thrown in are some hipster types with the thick-rim glasses, tight sweaters and jeans, and moppy hair. The rest of us wear anything we want (i wear jeans and a hoodie every day). Georgetown's student body is large enough that there isn't a specific style that "fit's in". But I will say that there aren't many "alternative" styles represented (not too many people with dyed hair, chains, and the like). </p>
<p>Hope this helped! If anyone has any more questions about Georgetown and life on campus, don't hesitate to ask me.</p>
<p>What's preppier: G-town or Princeton?</p>
<p>I must admit the reputation for preppiness is a turn-off for me, as well. I like my skinny jeans and my scarves and my cardigans and put a different color streak in my hair once a month. I got over my J.Crew phase when I was 15 and haven't looked back since.</p>
<p>Others share gub's experience "I got over my J.Crew phase when I was 15."</p>
<p>Materialism increases from middle childhood to early adolescence and declines from early to late adolescence.<br>
<a href="http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/assets/93681.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://carlsonschool.umn.edu/assets/93681.pdf</a>
By age 18, many people who wanted expensive preppy clothes in middle school have outgrown that phase of their lives.</p>
<p>Theres a big difference between materialism and love of fashion
No one forces the "prep" culture upon you
If you got into Gtown, You are now a part of the Hoya family and clothing shouldn't separate you from anyone else</p>
<p>Wait, JCREW? RL? Burberry? Lacoste? Is GT's general student body really that preppy?</p>
<p>And to whoever says that "clothing shouldn't separate you from anyone else", do you go to GT? (and btw, I disagree with that quote)</p>
<p>haha is anyone on here actually preppy... i would consider myself to be a preppy person lol.. i am not one to judge how other people dress, and i am slightly offended that people are deciding not to go to georgetown just because they think it's preppy. come on people, realistically there are preppy people everywhere!</p>
<p>here's to: pearls, monograms, guys in ties, sperrys, ribbons & bows, lilly, jcrew, polos [lacoste esp!], buttondowns, cableknits, & madras!</p>
<p><3 carly</p>
<p>Well, I come from an extremely preppy school where students generally wear the same brands. If you wear differently, you tend to stand out easily in the crowd and people NOTICE. Sadly, the general rule here is that if you are preppy and wealthy, you hang out with the people who are exactly like you. I wish there is more diversity and I feel very suffocated with the preppiness and especially the amount of materialism that comes with it among most of the girls.
Anyway, I think it is important to choose a school where you can have a good balance with both academics and the students. Your four year experience at a college is not entirely defined by how much you study for school. The people around you shape the atmosphere and the environment and I think it is important to find a place with students that you would feel comfortable with.
For me, I know I cannot allow myself to go to another very preppy school, despite how great the academics are.</p>
<p>Can anyone confirm that Georgetown is as preppay as any other top school? School where generation after generation of affluent families have attended? Why would it be that Harvard and Georgetown have the biggest rep as prep schools (or that I've heard), when, at Georgetown, it's not really that big of a deal?</p>
<p>haha carlyhop--im totally with you on that, and ill add in vineyard vines, seersucker shorts, and ralph lauren oxfords.</p>
<p>i thought this was just a cool thread to talk about the amazinggg shopping in georgetown. but i agree, anyone applying to g-town/considering it must know about it's preppy reputation, (honestly, a big part of what draws me to it) but that shouldnt be a deterrent in itself, there are always people that you can be friends with everywhere!</p>
<p>yeah prep is a style of dress not a defining life choice. Come in with an ope mind and you should be fine</p>