<p>I am interested in DePauw but living in NJ I am unable to see it right away. I was wondering what students were like in terms of attitude and self appearance.</p>
<p>Knowing that DePauw costs a lot of money to attend and about 20% of students have an alumni connection, it seems like there is clearly a lot of money at the school. Does anyone think that students come across as preppy and self centered or laid back?</p>
<p>Just a little about me... I attend a public high school and I play multiple varsity sports. I don't expect my classmates to get dressed up all of the time and I don't care if they wear there pajamas to class. I want to attend a school where there is a lot of activity but also where students all get along well and cliques are not too evident. I don't want students to possibly ignore or look down on me because I don't look or dress a certain way because I will wear a lot of tee shirts and athletic shorts and stuff; not collard shirts and stuff like that.</p>
<p>Any input is greatly appreciated because I need to figure out if I want to visit or not.
Thanks</p>
<p>Since no one has answered, I will give you the little feedback that I can. My daughter will be a freshman there this fall. She visited 3 times. I visited campus twice. The vast majority of students were wearing jeans, sweatshirts, and sneakers. A few girls had on ‘cute’ outfits with skirts and boots, but it appeared to be a down-to-earth looking campus. The kids dressed very much like the kids at my daughter’s high school. Hope that helps a little bit. DePauw has treated my daughter so well, and we are impressed with all the people we’ve met associated with the campus.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for answering. It doesn’t seem like DePauw has any really active threads so I appreciate it. </p>
<p>If I many ask, do you see DePauw as being similar to any schools in the east that you may have visited with your daughter (student body wise; not really academically)? Bucknell, Richmond, Colgate ect…</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>The only school we visited out east was William & Mary. DePauw kids were less ‘quirky’ than W&M, if that makes any sense. I would just say that DePauw feels very Midwestern … perhaps a bit more laid back in terms of dress and things like that than you might find in east coast liberal arts schools. I hate to generalize though. DePauw is very, very Greek. At first this was a turn off, but as we learned more (and we know a couple current students), we found that it is actually less cut-throat at DePauw than at schools with lower Greek participation. From what I understand, if you want to be Greek, you can. Almost 70% of the campus joins. </p>
<p>They are also very generous with scholarships, so although it is very expensive, a lot of kids are getting nice scholarships. Not everyone is rich!</p>
<p>Haha, thank you for all of your input. One of the main reasons I was a little unsure was because in one of my college books it said students at depauw tended to be a little preppy. </p>
<p>Thanks for clearing it up</p>
<p>Good luck in your search, mtpyankee! We had read the same thing about DePauw, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a campus of kids in t-shirts, sweatshirts, and jeans.</p>
<p>“If I many ask, do you see DePauw as being similar to any schools in the east that you may have visited with your daughter (student body wise; not really academically)? Bucknell, Richmond, Colgate ect…”</p>
<p>We visited DePauw when we were looking at colleges for my D. I posted a review of our visit on CC that may still be there. Like you, we are from the northeast ( Connecticut) and more familiar with the colleges in the northeast states. DePauw was a little unique and different from many other LAC’s but the college it reminded me of the most would probably be Gettysburg or perhaps a small version Of Miami University of Ohio. Bucknell, Richmond and Colgate are all much preppier and feel “wealthier”, if that makes any sense to you.</p>
<p>D liked DePauw and had it listed as one of her top 3 choices. Going Greek seems important here. Good luck to you</p>
<p>Thanks for your input and it makes sense.</p>