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Greatest regrets if your school did not make the cut. Perhaps the students and alums are too drunk to vote or care. Ha. That’s prep.
We asked. You delivered. Here are the results for Preppiest Colleges in America where Go-to-Hell sartorial expression is a way of life. After weeks of voting — and more than a few contentious comments (see below)– we have the winner: St. Lawrence University takes the top spot by a large margin. Congrats, Saints. You rallied the troops in a dramatic come-from-behind victory (over total 5000 votes were cast) and overtook some perennial favorites. Take that to all those who said SP’s demo is largely Southern. A bonafide Northern school wins the day.
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Et tu, Villanova?
PS: As miffed as I am to see my Alma Mater so unjustly overlooked, I am, after all, a Virginian, and furthermore, a once-prospective applicant at both UVa and W&L. As they are both venerable institutions, rooted in Southern tradition, and whose student bodies do reflect an agreeable sartorial flair, they have my most sincere congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.
PPS: Go Cats! Nova Nation!
posted on September 19, 2012
R.C.M.
5100
carter comment #3492
My response to “the north is not frat” is Bucknell and Middlebury. Both are crazy fratty. done
posted on April 3, 2012
Jordan
3903
High Point University in NC is extremely preppy. An ordinary day around campus is filled with students driving around in golf carts, bmw’s, and audi convertibles, jcrew & southern tide pastels, lilly floral dresses, & jack rogers. Greek life is huge at 49% of the student body. On sunny days you can find students reading on the green grasses, tanning by one of the many pools, eating at their 5-star steakhouse, playing corn hole, or at lacrosse or golf practice.
posted on March 26, 2012
Wendy
3856
Fairfield University in CT should be high up on this list, but it’s true, we’re all too drunk to vote or care.
posted on February 10, 2012
megan
3715
There are and have always been students who attended prep schools then matriculated at southern schools like Randolph-Macon, Washington and Lee and Hollins. Many of these
students hail from premiere families in the North and South.
posted on December 9, 2011
Mike
3538
Washington & Lee. Guaranteed.
posted on November 15, 2011
Pjm
3492
The north is preppy, the south is fratty. They’re two different things entirely. But if preppy is defined merely as dressing well then any number of southern schools should be on your list. But no northern school regardless of how preppy it claims to be can ever be fratty.
posted on November 4, 2011
Carter
3463
SWEET BRIAR COLLEGE:
– School colors: Pink and Green
– Mascot is the “vixen”
– Official “brother school” is Hampden Sydney College
– Sweet Briar has the nation’s top equestrian team and has produced several Olympic medalists (plus Jackie Kennedy used to go down to Sweet Briar to horse back ride and to escape from Washington)
– Sweet Briar even offers students with the option of Fox Hunting with the prestigious: Bedford County Hunt Club
– Even the Sweet Briar Bookshop sells “pearl necklaces” (a staple amongst Sweet Briar students and alumnae)
– All Sweet Briar dorms have daily “maid service” and “laundry valet”
posted on October 8, 2011
Sweet Briar College
3421
CofC is not preppy. Look at the lack of Greek life. It is an interesting mix of arty hippies, surfers, stoner types, and hot chicks.
posted on July 5, 2011
CofCAlum
3197
Washington and Lee.
Enought said.
posted on June 21, 2011
GS
3174
The whole preppy lifestyle is great, and the biggest thing about real preppynness is a lot like old money–classy without being pretentious. Don’t get me wrong, if some sad, parvenu prep thinks it’s about drinking Cristal and Dom, we can breathe the thin air better than they’ll ever hope to.
My alma mater Hampden-Sydney is without a doubt preppier because they embodied all of this philosophy. “Forming good men and good citizens in an atmosphere of sound learning” (the Motto) Don’t overlook the endless strings of girls in sun dresses and seersucker suits at football games–essentially a self adopted, required dress code.
Damned W&L beat us for the most conservative college in the country when I was there a few years ago…gives us something to which to aspire I guess.
posted on June 20, 2011
Jason Dean Stacy
3171
I always thought Trinity was the preppiest because most of the kids that go there come from prep schools.
posted on June 9, 2011
Emily Pennington
3142
Deff prep with a dash of camo. That’s how we work.
posted on June 7, 2011
Sass
3134
Okay, first off, this is not the Civil War part 2. The north as well as the south is very preppy. With that being said, preppy attire is effortless and casual. There is a time and a place for suits and chanel, but a true prep would know that toting these items around campus is not preppy at all. At the same time preppy is “vintage” either. That’s a very hipster word. Preppy is classic. A prep doesn’t search through a store for old aprés ski attire! they come across them in their mother’s…or worst case scenario, they find it at good will when looking for outfits for that night’s mixer.
Preppy comes from country club and prep school. Let’s not lose sight of that, kids. People from the south have gone to prep schools just the same as people from the north…although lately southerns have tried to steal preppy as their own looking down on northerners.
As a preppy person from the north who goes to school, I agree that the southerners need to ease off a little, but to degrade the south in ways that have been expressed on this blog are rude and anyone who has made inappropriate comments here needs to hang up the topsiders, because you’re giving us all a bad name.
posted on June 2, 2011
SratStar
3080
I think that these comments should all be eliminated. Its not classy and it is not productive. I just saw this and I went to a great preppy school down south before transferring to SLU and both are great schools and would not bash any other schools. Its just stupid. This is supposed to be fun, not some hate club and way to rag on each other or other schools. I think all schools have great qualities and we should talk about them instead of bashing each other.
posted on May 30, 2011
end this!
3040
Clearly people can’t distinguish between being preppy and having money. “Preppy” is about good breeding and understatement. A preppy college student would never drive a Lambo with a sorority sticker on the back.
posted on May 30, 2011
Sam
3037
It’s sad that all you guys have to fight over which school is the preppiest. In my opinion it doesn’t matter! Get a life. Yeah SLU is the winner, but should it be proud of that? No. SLU is much more than looks and how much money you have. Who cares about GPAs? Five years from now your gpa is worthless, what matters are the people in the school and how they interact. This poll is dumb in my opinion, but hey anything to get St. Lawrence University out there then by all means lets do it. Oh if anyone didn’t get it by now… I go to SLU, yeah I know shocker I don’t agree to this because who cares about money or being preppy unless you’re spoiled and have no education.
posted on May 26, 2011
Saint all the way
2972
What happened to Rhodes College?
posted on May 26, 2011
does not matter?
2968
Trin Trin, May have St. Anthony’s Hall but does it have an Adirondack Family Summer Camp exclusively for Alumni and The Board to use? SLU does. Not to mention SLU Alums have sailed in the past 5 of 6 America’s Cups. We don’t even have a sailing team, it comes naturally to us.
posted on May 26, 2011
Nick
2955
As a former SLU student I hate this! Recently visited this past semester and it has turned into a haven for ghetto wannabes and prissy little babies. When I attended from 2003-2007 it was far better off than it is now. Presidents Sullivan & Fox, Deans Davis & Tolliver have turned this place into a slum filled with punks!
And as far as the little rich boys and girls walking around up there in Larry-Land, don’t forget that 95% of students up there receive some form of financial aid so don’t act all snobby at other schools and students. There are just as many ghetto-fab students up there as there are “preps”. Perfect evidence of this is the football team actually winning more than one game in three years!
SLU is nowhere near the “preppiest” school. Just because all of you babies had nothing to do during the last three weeks of school and jacked up this vote doesn’t mean you should stick your heads up your asses any further!
posted on May 26, 2011
ck
2954
First of all lol at all the people complaining that their school didn’t win or that SLU didn’t deserve to win. It’s a poll. Obviously the school who advertised this the most via Facebook or something would win. Why do you want to be the most preppy school anyways? What’s the point? It’s pretty dumb if you ask me. I also know for a fact that there are kids at SLU who thought that this is a really dumb thing to vote for…which they are right about.
Also, talking down on some schools education in relation to their preppiness makes no sense either. There are smart kids on every campus. There are dumb kids on every campus too. SLU isn’t a bad school. It’s not any Ivy either. But to generalize and claim everyone on campus lacks brain functionality because they go to school that’s not preppy is a stupid thing to say.
I’m not preppy at all. I don’t even know what it means to be preppy. I wear Nike and Adidas shoes and t-shirts. Can someone give me a unanimously agreed upon definition please? If no one can then no one know exactly what it means to be preppy, which means that no one knows what they were voting for in this pointless poll.
With that being said SLU isn’t preppy. I don’t know what it means to be preppy, but after being their for 3 years now you think I would have some idea right? Wrong. I still don’t know and I don’t care to know. If other schools want to take the crown off of SLU go for it. It’s a crown that no one wants anyways. Give it to Trinity. I live 20 minutes from there and have heard nothing of their preppiness but people seem adamant about it. Give the crown to them if people are so uptight about this.
This poll doesn’t matter people. This means nothing. I hope you people realize that and go bother yourself with something worthwhile.
posted on May 26, 2011
ThisIsDumb
2949
And Trinity, I think you are mistakenly mad about not winning. This is not the competition for the most train wrecks with money, its for preppiest. Maybe if you guys laid up a little on the blow you would go back to being as classy as you once were.
posted on May 25, 2011
you wish
2930
I have been to schools all over the country and the biggest miss conception I see with peoples comments is in relation to what true prep is. True prep is not throwing a bunch of pastels on and going shopping with your new money in your leased 2011 BMW. The south was not even the birth place of preppiness. They did not have enough of an education for that. No wonder all the Ivy Leagues and good schools as well as boarding schools are in the north. Now I will say that some true preps have made their way down to UVA and Wake Forest, but thats about it. True prep is putting on your boyfriends brooks brothers button up over your ralph lauren jeans with your jack rogers on, getting into you old school Land Rover to drive to Newport for the weekend to see the family for lunch at Baileys beach club. True prep is effortlessly looking good in your Tibi or Milly dress even with bean boats when walking to the bar. True prep is a lifestyle, not a page out of a Vineyard Vines magazine. So southern fake preps, get over yourselves and go back to owning plantations for the crops we buy up north and while you are at it, at least learn how to sound educated.
Note: SP usually extends the courtesy of making editorial corrections in spelling, capitalization and grammar but when this comment took an impertinent turn with the last line, it was decided to let one hang on one’s own rope.
Cordially,
SP
posted on May 25, 2011
you wish
2929
“Voting on the poll shouldn’t make a school preppy, because by virtue of the fact that people are going on their computers and voting for their college to prove their preppiness is NOT preppy. Apathy is preppy!”
Yet here you are whining about the poll, but your school still isn’t number one. No apathy, no class, not preppy. Here we go Saints!
posted on May 24, 2011
Larry
2927
It may not have been the end of the world on Saturday, but it certainly is for the core prep community. St. Lawrence? You’ve got to be kidding me. What happened to Williams, Amherst, Bowdoin, Trinity and the other schools that actually require a high GPA to get in? Not to be insulting, but this is really sad. If anything, Trinity is the preppiest, it was always that way and always will be. Does SLU have St. Anthony Hall? I’d love to hear the response to that, because they don’t. Trinity does. The Hall is a classic staple of old school WASP establishment. Every time we went to Trinity all the Trin guys wore blue blazers and the girls wore no makeup. It was a wonderful culture for preps (and that was in the 70s). Now, as I understand it, Trinity is still preppy, but I haven’t been in years. It’s schools like that, with the core preppy element that are the really preppy ones. Voting on the poll shouldn’t make a school preppy, because by virtue of the fact that people are going on their computers and voting for their college to prove their preppiness is NOT preppy. Apathy is preppy! Even SP noted that.
SP, I never expected SLU to be the preppiest school in America. That’s the bastardization of preppy in my opinion. Everyone knows that schools like Bowdoin, Trinity, Hamilton, or any of the little ivies are the preppiest.
After reading some of the comments here, it sounds to me like preppy is becoming a name brand marketing tool that spoiled privileged kids adhere to. It was never exclusive to the rich. And most preps I know own a 1995 Saab 900, still have alligator IZOD shirts, and are frugal as hell. That’s preppy, not doing drugs and spending daddy’s money on “ray bans” and “BMWs.” Come on.
posted on May 24, 2011
j.t.
2919
It’s a shame that SLU won this, but I’m not surprised. I had confused it with St. John University, so my apologies, but I still haven’t really heard of it. It could perhaps be my ignorance, but I do know a good deal about the top colleges. In my experience, it was always the Ivies and NESCACs that had the preps. Every other school was either deemed “Catholic” or “NOKD.” Where I went, there were more preps than there are now, but they all categorized schools. The truly preppy colleges have students that are academically adept. And if you know anything about preppies, you would know that they don’t have time or consideration to “organize” their college campus around a website poll. Furthermore, no prep would brag about anything. Money, possessions and prestigious educations are facts of life for some preps, but they never, never, boast. You would think that with all this talk of Range Rovers and golf courses that you were talking to a bunch of yuppies. Preps also don’t see things in name brands such as “we wear so much ray bans and sperrys here!” Never would you hear that. Never.
Having graduated from Brown myself, and visited a good portion of so-called “preppy” schools, I remember all the preppy schools–or at least the ones I deemed so. I rowed crew from 1985-1989 and we had a hell of a time at Princeton, Yale and Trinity. Those were the memorable ones as far as being preppy. Gentlemanly behavior was the main attraction at those schools, and those were the schools that invited us for a drink after.
So that’s my nostalgic experience with preps and the many good times I had with preppy people. I’m not preppy, but I have friends that are. They call me “crunchy,” so I suppose I’m not in any position to judge, but I have fond memories of those 3 schools as being flagrantly different from the rest.
posted on May 23, 2011
Tucker
2908
After going to Gettysburg College which is a very preppy college, Id say Trinity has to win this. That “Fort Knox” in Hartford of a school is a joke in terms of fitting in socially constantly talking about what their parents net worth is (after tax of course). For example a harmless quiet goth could go to Trinity then come out the Waspiest asshole in the world with a T-shirt on that has his trust fund statement on it. I have some friends at Trinity and they would agree. The school is awesome time and and I always had fun when visiting but its the truth. Nothing against SLU either, another very preppy school and great Hockey but Trinity really really tries hard to win this. PS there is NO CHANCE this article wasn’t written by a SLU grad.
Dear Mr. Bullet,
All points taken except one. SP writes all the articles here and SP did not attend, nor has he ever visited St. Lawrence University.
Cordially,
SP
posted on May 23, 2011
Billy the Bullet
2907
I cannot help but comment on the previous post. I go to SLU, and we do not wear Gucci and Prada. Ladies wear norts or Lilly Pulitzer, men wear brooks brothers, vv, and Nantucket reds. Sperrys and well-made loafers are male shoes of choice. brands like Gucci or Prada are more pretentious, things one who has recently come into money would seek out. We were raised on L.L. Bean, Brooke Brothers, Sperrys, VV, Smathers and Branson, Cole Haan, and Lilly Pulitzer. I believe I speak for my fellow saints when I say that one is more likely to find these brands around every corner of campus than things like Prada and Gucci. (Chanel, especially vintage Chanel, is also likely to be seen on campus; we do love our classic lines and pearls)
ps. Tory Burch’s newest line is perfect for brunch at the club or a friendly get-together on the deck!
posted on May 20, 2011
LillyandTory
2900
St. Lawrence University is the Preppiest. We are high class and well mannered. We don’t wear Nikes but Prada sneakers. Our sandals are Gucci or Dior and not Crocs. Our cars are worth twice as much as your tuition, if not more.
Dear Ms. Jen,
Let’s not get too snotty now. Remember money does not buy class, in fact, it usually sends the taste in the opposite direction.
Cordially,
SP
posted on May 19, 2011
Jen
2893
St. Lawrence
posted on May 18, 2011
BW
2890
SLU- We’ve got heart, we’ve got tradition, we’ve got loyalty, but more importantly….we’ve got prep.
posted on May 18, 2011
Meli
2889
forgive my ignorance on that last post, I stupidly saw “SLU” and assumed Saint Louis University due to having grown up in St. Louis. St. Lawrence may very well be the preppiest school in the country, I really don’t know.
posted on May 16, 2011
1839
2873
as a Miami University student from St. Louis, I can attest that Miami is an extremely preppy school and definitely deserves to be on this list. However, about 1/3 of my graduating high school class went to SLU and I’ve been around their campus more than enough to say confidently that I have no idea what you all are talking about in these comments. Maybe a tiny sector of greek life dresses preppy, but they are definitely not a preppy school. Most people dress in black, grey and brown stuff they bought from urban outfitters or some other hipster store.
posted on May 16, 2011
1839
2872
I’m pretty sure there are more world-class sailors, classy dames, and honest gents at SLU any day of the week. Oh yeah, and SLU goes hard, erryday.
posted on May 11, 2011
CN Sails
2866
SLU – No Question!!!
posted on May 11, 2011
Richard
2863
SLU ALL THE WAY…
posted on May 11, 2011
Larry
2862
Slu didn’t hack the system we just have connections to everyone else on campus its called “Networking” if you went to a decent school you would know that
posted on May 11, 2011
slu2013
2860
University of South Carolina
posted on May 11, 2011
Pearls&Curls
2859
SLU… If I see anymore Vineyard Vines in my life it will be too soon.
posted on May 11, 2011
a
2857
SLU. Think bright, clashing colors, ray-bans, beer-cup-in-hand-as-recovery-from-night-before. Prep is a sport at Larryland.
posted on May 11, 2011
E Boo
2856
Definitely without a doubt, SMU. School looks just like a country club and the students act the part.
posted on May 9, 2011
Brittany
2852
I knew a SLU student that wouldn’t wear the same pair of socks more than once.
posted on May 9, 2011
Joseph A. Banks
2850
what about villanova? easily one of the preppiest schools ever.
posted on May 9, 2011
Laura Krieger
2847
“I think this pole…” I think this SLU student/alum means “poll.” A good education is preppy too.
posted on May 9, 2011
Tuck
2846
St. Lawrence definitely hacked the poll and revoted a thousand times, which should not only disqualify them in the contest, but as preps altogether. No prep would try to boost the reputation of their school by hanging out on the internet and hacking the SP poll. Us preps are too apathetic here in Hartford CT.
posted on May 9, 2011
Brooks
2845
slu is the shit…love it to death!
posted on May 9, 2011
kyp
2844
I am a SLU alum and love the place. But, I have to honestly say, we have ZERO on Trinity College. That place looks like someone took a huge Brooks Brothers deuce on a sketchy part of Hartford, CT.
posted on May 9, 2011
mudandblood
2842
Here we go Saints! St. Lawrence for the win! Definitely the right choice–Even our hippies rock the Patagonia and own 3 pairs of skis!
posted on May 9, 2011
BigMeach
2841
first off no public school should be allowed on the list. We preppies are so stuck up our own ass that we would never go to any public school. Secondly no southern school deserves to be on the list. Peppiness is a strictly north eastern phenomenon. the answer to the preppiest school in america is without a doubt St. Lawrence. we have the best squash facilities and we have a fucking riding team. the people at st. Lawrence are so pretentious it actually makes me sick. every broad up here drives her fathers land rover, audi or BMW. our “hippies” preach peace and love and all that bullshit but they wear mountain hardwear, and patagonia while driving their brand new Subaru Impretza with a snowboard rack on the top. SLU apparel is actually sponsored by patagonia now. our head is now firmly up our own ass. vote for SLU its the right choice and it will finally give this hellhole i call a school something to be proud of. oh and fuck the retards that wound up in some public school in the south. now im gonna smoke this blunt in my pastels and plaid sperrys
posted on May 8, 2011
DNT
2840
I think this pole is not even a debate about how preppy St. Lawrence is but is more a representative of how much the people at St. Lawrence LOVE IT and if was a contest for best outing club or greenest campus St. Lawrence would STILL win.
posted on May 8, 2011
SLU09
2839
SLU ALL DAY!!!
if youve ever been to slu, you know this is true!
posted on May 7, 2011
anonymousANTI-PREPSTER@SLU
2834
Actually, we have one of the best riding teams in the country. Took second at nationals this weekend; here we go Saints!
posted on May 7, 2011
Flower
2832
Does SLU have the largest preppy PERCENTAGE of their population, compared to other schools? Yes. But the reason I loved it, and still do, is because there is an equal segment of students who were crunchy or athletes – SLU being so remote, beautiful, and close to the Adirondack mountains that it attracted both the golf course lovers and the rock climbers. It was with this combination of student body that triple popped colors were seen through the light-hearted, fabulously sarcastic lens that they should be seen through. Preppy-ism, just as with any other distinctive fashion (or lifestyle) choice, should be taken with a massive grain of (margarita) salt. Celebrated for individuality, but challenged if (as some in these posts accuse) associated with racism or snobbery. GO SAINTS!! (:
posted on May 7, 2011
SLUdynasty
2831
SLU. SLU, SLU, SLU – I went there so I know. lol.
posted on May 6, 2011
Josephine Opar
2829
@Chewie: I’m pretty sure “classy” is what it means to have class. To be “preppy” is a bit more ambiguous of a definition, because it is something that evolves a little more easily.
Though you exaggerate in your accusations, I do agree with their basis. It is perfectly true that some SLU students are often high, and that many SLU students drink (a lot). However, I challenge you to provide an example of any non-community college at which that is not the case for the student body.
The adolescent age group is always one in which self respect is a questionable and often absent trait. Also, there are countless studies with significant results showing that the frontal lobe of the brain is NOT fully functional in people our age (to ~23 or so).
I also have to question if you read the description heading this poll. “Perhaps the students and alums are too drunk to vote or care. Ha. That’s prep.” Followed by: “Here are the finalists for Preppiest Colleges in America where Go-to-Hell sartorial expression is a way of life.”
I am sorry that you have taken such offense, but it seems to me that at least in terms of this poll, you are the one that is ill-informed.
P.S. Chewbacca is awesome. Nerd-dom too has changed in the past 30 years. Social evolution. Pretty damn cool.
posted on May 6, 2011
Annie
2828
St. Lawrence by far wins. I’m not even remotely preppy, but am surrounded by prepsters everywhere I look. Spend 5 seconds on campus and you’d see yourself.
posted on May 6, 2011
Larry
2827
SLU <3
Clarkson still sucks
posted on May 6, 2011
SLU!
2826
I grew up in Hamilton living around Colgate students, but never did I see anyone wearing four polo shirts just so they could pop all four collars. Go SLU!
posted on May 6, 2011
Melissa
2825
SLU <3
posted on May 6, 2011
Shoshanna
2823
SLU?? Preppy? Napkins on laps while eating? Haha! I beg to differ. SLU is the least Preppiest school? Snobby assholes and pretentious?? Yes! SLU wins that vote automatically.
posted on May 6, 2011
AntiSLU101
2822
If SLU thinks they are preppy, they are quite mistaken and need to look up what it means to be preppy. It’s about having class and as far as I am concerned, there are very few classy people at that school. I think there are more ignorant, over privileged, racist and ill informed students on that campus than preps. Owning a golf course does not make you preppy. Being high all the time and drunk is nowhere near classy. There is nothing sophisticated about the majority of St. Lawrence University’s student. They may be rich but they definitely lack self respect and a functioning brain. It’s embarrassing to even consider such a school ‘preppy’.
posted on May 6, 2011
Chewie
2821
Wahoowa, Wahoowa! Uni-V-Virginia! Hoo ra ray. Hoo ra ray. Ray. Ray. U-V-A!
posted on May 6, 2011
Claire
2819
I can say with 100% certainty that SLU should win this. Why you ask? Because my friends and I are currently kegging. At 8:30 in the morning.
So, I’m glad I found this online, because otherwise I think we WOULD all be too drunk to care.
posted on May 6, 2011
Muffy
2818
GO SLU!! Larries and Muffies all the way!
posted on May 6, 2011
Muffy2006
2816
here we goo SAINTS!!!!!
posted on May 6, 2011
braulio
2815
St. Lawrence by far! We own our own golf course and have one of the best ridding teams in the region!! Need I say More!
posted on May 6, 2011
Harris
2814
SLU students put napkins on their laps and use a proper place setting in our dining hall.
A very important factor of prep is good breeding, something which this exhibits wonderfully. I wonder how many other schools can boast of a student population that know which fork to use for their salad, writes thanks you notes the day after receiving a gift, and can trace their champion bred show dog’s heritage.
posted on May 6, 2011
Ms. SLUster
2812
Larry’s all the way.. go SLU!
posted on May 6, 2011
Muffy
2810
Obviously, Hobart and William Smith Colleges put all these school to shame.
posted on May 6, 2011
Hobart
2809
Definitely SLU. By far.
posted on May 6, 2011
Slugirl
2808
It’s all over! SLU has passed UVa and claimed the number one spot! We’ll ne’er forget the Scarlet and the Brown! Cluck Farkson!
posted on May 6, 2011
Larry
2807
sluuuuuu
posted on May 5, 2011
lilllllll
2806
Well, I’m not sure… but am wondering if “preppie” means necessarily going to prep school? Can you “pass” by dressing the part? And is the sub-heading of this blog a good (if vague) definition of preppie? I’ve been affiliated with more than one of the schools on the list and am a bit torn
More info editors!!
posted on May 5, 2011
amy
2805
slu slu slu..mr rager!!!
posted on May 5, 2011
dan ngoy
2804
St. Lawrence!… we have a golf course on campus… win!
posted on May 5, 2011
Francois
2803
COLGATE UNIVERSITY!!!!!
posted on May 5, 2011
colgate_almamater_13
2802
SLU
posted on May 5, 2011
SLUSLUSLU
2800
SLU
“Cluck Farkson”
posted on May 5, 2011
Steve
2799
Duh! Saint Lawrence. Okay now can we move onto more important matters?
posted on May 5, 2011
Divalicious
2798
PRIYAMVADA, kuch kuch hota hai, kabhi kabhi hota hai!
posted on May 5, 2011
Lalita Pyramida
2797
SLU!
posted on May 5, 2011
Sarah Churbuck
2796
Hey Susmita!
posted on May 5, 2011
Djifa
2795
ST LAWRENCE!!!FUCK YEA!
posted on May 5, 2011
susmita
2794
Clearly SLU
posted on May 5, 2011
Mo
2793
Really SLU… so many people going hard (yes a ghetto term) to make us win the most preppy.. so much for trying to be a diverse school
posted on May 5, 2011
Kim
2792
SLU
posted on May 5, 2011
SLUt
2790
hey hey hey St. Lawrence!
posted on May 5, 2011
Ya Know
2788
SSSLLLLUUUU
posted on May 5, 2011
preppy
2787
SLU
posted on May 5, 2011
k
2786
Larry’s and Muffy’s
posted on May 5, 2011
Larry
2785
SLU SLU SLU! St. Lawrence!
posted on May 5, 2011
HootOwl
2784
SLU!!!!!
posted on May 5, 2011
slu13
2783
im surprised syracuse isnt on this list
posted on May 5, 2011
oh hey
2782
slu
posted on May 5, 2011
yo mama
2781
yah!
posted on May 5, 2011
rtg hilll
2780
SLU!
posted on May 5, 2011
Josh
2778
prep
posted on May 5, 2011
Grace
2777
SLU!
posted on May 5, 2011
aksdfasdf
2776
St. Lawrence!
posted on May 5, 2011
slu14
2775
Every sorority at St. Lawrence has Lilly Pulitzer pattern, talk about tsm (KDS doesn’t have one, but Kappa Delta which they broke off from does have one)
posted on May 5, 2011
Sarah
2774
Bucknell is definitely missing from this list, although we might fall into the category of “too drunk to vote.” Doesn’t mean we’re not preppy!
posted on May 5, 2011
bison11
2773
I go to University of New Hampshire, but i make a point of visiting old exeter friends at st. lawrence university at least three times a year. UNH is considered a party school, but per capita SLU kids party much harder while maintaining a level of class and sophistication I have yet to see at any other college I’ve partied at, a list that includes Middlebury, Bowdoin, Colby, UCONN, UVM, Dartmouth, Plymouth, Keene, Lynchburg, and Miami University.
These kids funnel champagne with breakfast, bring kegs to soccer games and horse jumping trials, and are well-traveled. Tailgating parties inevitably include lobster, colorful slacks, and raybans. Everyone is friendly and reserved, yet always ready to drink anyone else under the table at the drop of a hat.
At least three people I know of at the school are members of the Skull and Bones Society.
The squash at SLU is world class, as are the equestrian, lacrosse, and rowing teams.
I may not have been to many of the other schools on this list, but it’s hard to imagine a school more predominantly prep than St. Lawrence.
posted on May 5, 2011
imferg
2772
@Brooks is a hater; damn man.
@Bombs9100, correction Bucknell invented Beirut, Dartmouth invented Beer Pong, and St. Lawrence invented Bros icing bros.
Go St. Lawrence! Larryland is definitely a bastion of prepdom; we have a golf course on our campus for the love of god. Also, Sun-Dress Day is a REAL holiday this far upstate.
Looking forward to the end of the semester and summer on the Vineyard; see you all there
Best, Hart
posted on May 5, 2011
Hart
2770
Yeah mad props to Knot Belt Co and Jack Wills who raged at Springfest over the weekend. SLU knows how to get down and funky while maintaining their preppy-selves. Over 10 years ago when I looked at colleges I read a SLU review that said St. Lawrences unofficial mascot should be “Jerry Garcia in a Polo shirt next to a keg.” Prep 100%.
posted on May 4, 2011
Maddox
2769
Oh, and in terms of Greek life, we are home to one of the only two Beta Theta Pi temples in the country as well as the Beta chapter of Delta Delta Delta. Greek life in general might not always be preppy, but St. Lawrence Greek life is.
Same goes for wealth. Old money is preppy. We have a ridiculously high legacy rate of matriculation.
posted on May 4, 2011
Annie
2768
Brooks, I know many of the people who wrote the St. Lawrence comments. Key word: many. Those comments were written by different people.
The student body at St. Lawrence seems to think it is a preppy school. Get over it. Oh, and lax bros not preppy? What rock do you live under?
And seriously. When “outdoorsy” means Patagonia, “sweats” means Jack Wills sweatshirts and Vineyard Vines fleeces, and KnotBelt and Jack Wills drop by for Springfest…I’d say that university is pretty damn preppy.
posted on May 4, 2011
Annie
2767
After reading the aforementioned comments regarding St. Lawrence, one can conlcude that it isn’t preppy in light of the reasons given by the one person who wrote 10 posts. Range rovers? Not preppy for a college student. Old buildings? De rigueur. Wealthy people? Rich doesn’t equal preppy. Lax bros? Not preppy, that was an internet joke. Greek life? Welcome to the American collegiate world, not the American prep world.
Also, Bowdoin is not preppy, because hippie liberal is not preppy. Obviously. As with all of these schools, just go there, because most of them aren’t the same as they were in the 80s. Trust me, I’m a college student now. We all know the reputations that these schools have.
posted on May 4, 2011
Brooks
2765
Conn College all the way baby! Everywhere you turn people are wearing sperrys, or hunter boots; it is like they walked out of a Jcrew Catalog.
And helloooo, we are DI at sailing; sailing apparel = totally prepster.
conn is the definition of a preppy college.
posted on May 3, 2011
cutiecamelgirl
2764
Definitely St. Lawrence! Just walk around campus, its obvious.
posted on May 3, 2011
Marie
2763
Rocking in out in St. Lawrence in my pink lo-riders
posted on May 3, 2011
Eric Rieb
2762
St. Lawrence University is the home to the Ultimate Lax Bro. Before one knocks on the ligitimacy of this, the “lax bro” must be clarified. Such a person has specific qualities, includig but not limited to a trust fund, natucket reds, brook brothers shirts in varied pastels, croakies, sperrys, flow (the product of a haircut whose quality and professionalism puts John Edwards to shame), a family tree tracing to the Massachusetts Colony, and a home for every season of the year.
posted on May 3, 2011
Becca
2761
SLU frat bros don’t dress to pin, they dress to vest, VV vest that is.
posted on May 3, 2011
SLU student
2760
Lehigh University is missing. They invented Beruit.
posted on May 3, 2011
Bombs9100
2758
St. Lawrence is absolutely the preppiest school on this list, no questions asked. Go up there for Springfest and you’ll see a walking vineyard vines/ralph lauren/jcrew/patagonia catalogue. The answer is too obvious
posted on May 3, 2011
Brian
2757
Clemson should definitely be on the list. Without a doubt preppiest school in the state of south carolina. Let’s be serious Lilly is worn to every function including class. The guys break out the colorful shorts at the first sign of 60 degree weather. Let’s face it Clemson is the epitome of classic prep. Not to mention a great place to find a southern gentleman.
posted on May 2, 2011
southernpreppy
2756
“the stream of American Studies and Environmental Education majors pouring out of St. Lawrence and Bowdoin is at odds with preppy germination or cultivation.”
While this may be true for Bowdoin, the curriculum at St. Lawrence University is exceedingly conservative. Even Global Studies, which usually propagates Marxist ideals and teaches its students to criticize dominant ideologies manages to produce international business men at SLU. Our Board of Trustees single handedly funded Bush II’s second campaign.
posted on May 2, 2011
Samuel Hopkins Brown
2755
I know a Larry at SLU whose name is Cornelius Peterson X. SLU is preppy as shitski, bro.
posted on May 2, 2011
Colin Smith Campbell
2754
Hahahahaha… Polo, Abercrombie, and Lamborghinis as “preppy?” Yeah… if you’re lower middle class or a rap star. Big state schools where the majority of students are from public schools as “preppy”? Well, I guess if you’ve never stepped foot on a New England boarding school campus, that is as close as you’re going to get.
For you guys to suggest some of these schools is preposterous, especially since you’ve left off some of the actual preppy schools. That being said, I have a special place in my heart for my undergrad alma mater, St. Lawrence. I mean hell, I wasn’t the only one in my sorority, let alone graduating class, who’d fly to London or Paris for the weekend to get a dress for an upcoming mixer.
I wonder how many “preps” from these southern schools have been to the Vineyard outside of VV.
posted on May 2, 2011
old money Muffy
2753
SLU is filled with New Englanders- which, in itself make for a preppy style.
Vinyard Vines, J Crew, Polo, Land Rovers, Hummers…just a few of the many many high end commonly seen things that are all over this campus. ALL OVER. Even our buildings look rich and preppy, even though many of them are historical landmarks. This is just scraping the surface of what SLU is really like, just walk through campus and you’ll see.
SLU.
posted on May 2, 2011
katherine
2752
I vote St Lawrence University. Nothing that beats our preppy.
posted on May 2, 2011
Lauren
2751
It should be noted for St. Lawrence, our small size compared to the behemoths listed in this poll. That said, it is clear that many schools on this list exhibit prep culture but also contain many other social cleavages that are not-prep. At SLU there is a clear lack of socially-acceptable alternatives to the prep lifestyle. Our Outing Club, the stereotypical grungy club, sports Patagonia apparel. Our frats should be sponsored by VV or Brooks Bros. Similarly, our srats by Longchamp or Mercedes-benz. Our squash, equestrian and hockey programs are tops in the nation. The only footwear more prevalent that Sperry’s are L.L. Bean duck books or Hunter rain-boots, and this is only in the winter. One might claim that SLU has gone hipster, but this is untrue. One of the main differences between a true prep and those of hipster-dom is the celebration of tradition. To clarify I draw parallels with the social upper-class and the old-money vs. new-money debate. Our preps aren’t trying to showoff or garner any social acceptance in prep culture because it is saturated to the core of the student body.
posted on May 1, 2011
Pat
2747
St. Lawrence University.
Vineyard Vines
Sperry
Audis
J-Crew
Brooks Brothers
Nantucket Reds among a range of pastels
We have a golf course on our campus..I am looking out my window at it as we speak.
Just a few things characteristic of SLU. Need I say more?
Vote SLU
posted on May 1, 2011
CPX
2743
“There are only four prep colleges left in the United States. They are St. Lawrence, Bowdoin, Colby and Middlebury. All others are ethnic or Sourthern”
I agree with this – St. Lawrence being the preppiest out of them.
posted on May 1, 2011
Larry
2742
St. Lawrence…
Best squash courts and most Nantucket reds.
posted on May 1, 2011
Richardson
2741
Another vote for St. Lawrence here.
A traditionally preppy school that has kept its roots strong. More Nantucket Reds seen on campus than anywhere else and best squash courts.
posted on May 1, 2011
Lax
2740
St. Lawrence all the way.
People don’t call it the St. Lawrence Country Club for nothing.
St. Lawrence is an Official Preppy Handbook Top 10 College… how can you debate that? Some of these big and/or public schools how can they possibly even be on this list!
We can mix drinks like no other.
The person that said “There are only four prep colleges left in the United States. They are St. Lawrence, Bowdoin, Colby and Middlebury.”
You are correct.
posted on May 1, 2011
Muffy
2739
St. Lawrence is absolutely underrated for this poll. How are we supposed to compete with schools with thousands more students?
Take a walk around St. Lawrence and within minutes you will see about 5 VV toes… 3 pairs of Sperrys… and of course plentiful Nantucket reds (when it isn’t snowing). An Audi will drive by you as well.
Our squash courts are better than yours. Our equestrian team would kick your ass, and our crew team practices on… the St. Lawrence river!
posted on May 1, 2011
Larry
2738
By definition an all-dude, hot dog stuffing school like Hampden-Sydney should not be considered in this scientific polling.
posted on April 25, 2011
Real Southerner
2728
Listen, you barbaric pack of Beotians, you can’t have preppies without an academically conservative curriculum. Don’t you know how you tell a smart preppy from a dumb one? The smart preppy has passed Latin; the dumb one has flunked it… twice (once in prep school, once in college). While I share the chauvinism of Mr. New England, I’m afraid that the stream of American Studies and Environmental Education majors pouring out of St. Lawrence and Bowdoin is at odds with preppy germination or cultivation. Hampden-Sydney alone has a Rhetoric proficiency exam, meaning that even their dumbest graduates can probably explain the difference between “affect” and “effect”. How civilized!
posted on April 23, 2011
Mr. Mildew
2725
My alma mater, Hampden-Sydney College, and it’s simply not even close.
Two words: Lisa Birnbach.
The prep goddess has twice (Lisa Birnbach’s College Book; True Prep) declared Hampden-Sydney to be “the preppiest college in America.” There is no greater authority.
posted on April 23, 2011
James Young
2723
My alma mater, Hampden-Sydney College, and it’s simply not even close.
Two words: Lisa Birnbach.
The prep goddess as twice (Lisa Birnbach’s College Book; True Prep) declared Hampden-Sydney to be “the preppiest college in America.” There is no greater authority.
posted on April 23, 2011
James Young
2722
Trinity College is easily the preppiest. Just go there. It’s the culture of he school. The students dress up—and I mean dress up—for class. Hardly any drug abuse, good alcohol is the unanimous cloice. More saab/volvo wagons than in most NE towns. The bookstore has a whole line of custom VV clothes. They have the best squash team in the world, rowing is strong too. And Tucker Carlson went there for god’s sake!
Bowdoin, Colby et al are part of the drug abusing affirmative action crew now, they were once preppy—but that was before frats were outlawed and legacies were frowned upon.
There is a distinguishing factor between southern gentlemen and NE prep. Both, however, carry the same principles.
posted on April 23, 2011
Glenn
2719
I would agree with an earlier comment that “Southern-gentleman” and “prep” may overlap, but are not synonymous. Therefore, I have to say that Princeton is the most prep, both sartorially (Unabashedly Prep shoots there frequently) and with the students’ demeanor. Everyone is friendly and polished. As a student there, I can say it’s *definitely* preppy.
posted on April 21, 2011
Jonathan Hastings
2716
Trinity College has to win. Its essentially a PG year for Deerfield and Hotchkiss. Even lisa birnbach voted it the preppiest in NE.
SMU is fratty but since the quientessential being is preppy, yuppie, and fratty, it overlaps.
As for the NESCACs, only TrinTrin, Club Midd, and maybe Colby still hold their preppy roots.
posted on April 18, 2011
Michael
2712
I find this a very entertaining discussion. I was just reading some blogs this morning and happened upon this poll. I think anyone that puts their school up for this type of thing doesn’t even know what preppy is, as no one would ever enter this conversation if they were actually in the know. I balked at commenting but couldn’t hold back, as for someone that says that driving “yellow lambos” is preppy please just continue to shop at your local strip mall at Abercrombie and Fitch and Hollister and write back when you have finally learned the definition of tacky….. I’m happy to so my alma mater is not listed, along with Harvard and Yale, which speaks volumes…..
posted on April 10, 2011
Oddly Interested
2694
UNC’s basketball jerseys have argyle on them. just saying.
posted on April 9, 2011
#goheelsgoamerica
2691
UVA is preppy. Georgetown is real prep. Bowdoin is NOT preppy, there are white girls with dreadlocks there, it is hippie. As are most New England liberal arts schools, they have all gone hipster or hippie. U of MIss can’t be a serious contention can it? If you don’t have alumni and the parents of students on Fortune 500 you can’t really compete. Also, Preppy is really a North East think. Southern Gents and Preppy are NOT the same thing.
posted on April 8, 2011
jimmy
2688
To be honest, I wouldn’t vote for SMU. Grew up in the neighborhood and sure, the neighborhood is preppy, but most of the people on campus aren’t. I mean some are, and this is just my own opinion.
posted on April 7, 2011
Rearden
2682
I’m from Charleston and CofC isn’t even remotely preppy. To many kids from Ohio and New Jersey. My vote would have to be for W&L, UVA, Ole’ Miss and SMU in that order.
posted on April 6, 2011
AUTiger
2679
Birmingham-Southern and Bama?!?! Is this a joke? How did these schools get on the list and Auburn did not?
posted on April 6, 2011
autexan
2678
Babson College- definitely one of the preppiest on the east coast.
posted on April 5, 2011
becky
2676
Duke is not preppy at all… way too many jersey kids.
posted on April 5, 2011
Annie
2675
The fact that SMU isn’t on this list is a joke.
Some undergrads drive Lambos. Yellow ones. Complete with sorority stickers on the back.
posted on April 5, 2011
Jake
2673
There are no preppies south of Hartford Connecticut. Accordingly, none of the schools on your ‘list’ qualify. Southern ‘preppies’ are vulgar and are not, well, preppies. There are only four prep colleges left in the United States. They are St. Lawrence, Bowdoin, Colby and Middlebury. All others are ethnic or Sourthern
posted on April 5, 2011
New Englander
2672
Polo and Vinyard Vines are the only school sponsored brands in the W&L bookstore. Just saying.
posted on April 4, 2011
madrisandlax
2671
Well, all public schools are out of the running.
posted on April 4, 2011
Matthew
2670
W&L, and it’s not really close. Though UVA is definitely a solid second, and Hampden-Sydney is right up there. Really, just the state of Virginia as a whole.
posted on April 3, 2011
pearlsnplaid
2669
BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN?! No way!! If they’re on the list, then the Samford Country Club DEFINITELY deserved a spot! Trav-e-sty!! Great choices otherwise!
posted on April 3, 2011
Angela Duke
2668
fairfield university, fairfield, ct.
posted on April 1, 2011
kate gillespie
2667
I live in the triangle of NC, attended both UNC and Duke, and have many friends who attend or attended many of the schools on the list.
As for NC, ECU probably is the preppiest school in NC. Sorry UNC and Duke, neither are very preppy. North or South preppy. Although Duke was the site years ago of a J Crew catalog, back when JCrew was old school prep.
However the ladies at UNC do tend to love their Lilly but if you aren’t greek then most likely you are not preppy. And the majority of UNC is not Greek.
My vote is still for UVA… however I agree most of the preppy schools are Southern, with most of them being in Virginia, Georgia, and Mississippi, and of course, College of Charleston.
And for the person above that stated the comment to handing out a jacket (hopefully sportcoat) to incoming frosh, is prep…wrong, the men should be coming in already OWNING sport coats… and preferably a navy blue one. And a seersucker for spring as well!
posted on April 1, 2011
Jennifer
2666
UNC-Chapel Hill definitely is missing.
posted on April 1, 2011
tarheelboy
2665
Gettysburg College
60% at Gettysburg is downright preppy and J.Crew and Polo make every-day appearances
posted on April 1, 2011
Jess
2664
Southern Methodist University should absolutely make this list, despite the recent & unfortunate influx of tank-top/ked wearing California & Florida students.
Clemson?!?! Let’s be serious here. Washington & Lee is more like it for the other spot.
posted on March 31, 2011
Jake
2662
Where’s Hobart and William Smith Colleges?
posted on March 31, 2011
Elysabeth Brooks
2661
Washington and Lee should definitely win this one. Looking at the two men the school is named after, George Washington and Robert E. Lee, it becomes evident that the school must be preppy. Also, considering 85% of the student body is involved with the greek life, the school gets preppier and preppier. You may say that preppy does not equate with greek life, and that may be true, but when walking through the campus you see men in button downs, khakis, and driving moccasins and women in equally preppy atire, it becomes clear the true depth of the preppiness of the school.
posted on March 31, 2011
Detwiler
2660
College of Charleston, all day, every day. For all you haters out there, this is where Prep started… in so far as Prep means Southern.
The Capitol may have been elsewhere… but the real heart of Dixie will always be on the Battery.
posted on March 31, 2011
Adam
2657
Morehouse College should definitely be on the list. Any college which hands out Maroon blazers to each of its incoming freshmen, deserves to make this list.
posted on March 31, 2011
Jason Wells
2656
It seems to me that a lot of people seem to be confusing “preppy” with “fratty”. The context of this poll was not “who’s most likely to be drinking natural light out of a can at a grade three stakes race while wearing a bow tie.”
Ha. Well said, Andrew.
SP
posted on March 30, 2011
Andrew
2652
University of Virginia: Nominated to the Top 25 Douchiest [sic] Colleges in America by GQ Magazine. Read below.
Home of: The Blue-Blazer Douche
Affectations: The side part; the insistence on referring to your school as “the University,” our third president as “Mr. Jefferson,” the quad as “the lawn,” and the Civil War as the “War Between the States.”
Overheard in the bleachers: “Well, at least our football players actually go to class and—hey, Dylan, this mint julep is outstanding.”
In ten years, will be: A member of an exclusive country club. Maybe a philandering public official. Not unlikely a lobbyist for a tobacco company. Possibly all three.
Full List: http://www.gq.com/entertainment/humor/200908/douchy-colleges-list-brown-university-duke-harvard-princeton-nyu-notre-dame-vassar-slideshow#slide=1
Dear M.
SP likes a side part, Mr. Jefferson, the lawn and the War Between the States, just for the record. Exclusive country clubs are sweet, as long as they aren’t “Restrictive”. As for philandering, well, that’s between you and your spouse. Tobacco companies, well, business is business. And let’s not forget an affinity for referring to one’s self in third person.
Cordially,
SP
posted on March 30, 2011
M
2649
Obviously no one who reads social primer has been to Bucknell. Very preppy.
posted on March 30, 2011
Zack Fisher
2647
Definitely Georgetown.
posted on March 30, 2011
JRP45
2646
Dear Ms. Birnbach admitted that Washington and Lee was the preppiest co-ed school in America at a book signing. Game, set, match.
posted on March 29, 2011
IHD
2645
UNC Chapel Hill and Middlebury College both majorly deserve to be on this list.
posted on March 29, 2011
Amanda
2644
The list is comprised of voter/reader response to a post on the SP facebook page about a month ago. Yes, SP’s readers are decidedly Southern but even that perception is debatable (see stats below). And no one, NO ONE, is disputing Lisa Birnbach’s list of schools. This is simply another poll taken of SP readers. That said, gather your friends and slant the poll. Perhaps the week we posted this some of you were driving the porcelain bus or ditching daddy’s sailboat on a rock off Cape Cod. Whatever the excuse, you seem to be tuned in now, so get snapping and stop yapping. Also, the list on the poll is in alphabetical order, so no school it at the top or the bottom. Honestly. And Preppy is a state of mind, NOT a birthright, or the domain of private school. It is a lifestyle, a choice and yes, even a dress code.
Here we shall dazzle you with facts: SP’s readership as of the past month. The Top Ten:
Countries
1. United States
2. Canada
3. United Kingdom
4. Netherlands
5. Australia
6. China
7. France
8. Germany
9. Sweden
10. New Zealand
States
1. Texas
2. New York
3. California
4. South Carolina
5. North Carolina
6. Georgia
7. Virginia
8. Florida
9. District of Columbia
10. Pennsylvania
Cities
1. New York
2. Charleston
3. Washington
4. Los Angeles
5. Atlanta
6. Austin
7. Chicago
8. Waco
9. Houston
10. Philadelphia
On another note, the SP server has nearly crashed since this post was put up. People really love the preppy, it seems. And this debate is music to the ears, when it doesn’t get on the nerves. That’s all. And please forgive the tone here if it offends. This was not the intention.
Cordially,
SP
posted on March 29, 2011
SP
2643
How in the world did UNC not make the list while the University of New Jersey in North Carolina did?
posted on March 29, 2011
Anna
2642
The overall preppiness of Miami University definitely should have earned it a place on this list. Although Miami’s preppiness is often accompanied by a very pronounced go-to-hell/self evident “too wealthy to care” nonchalance, prep is widespread and ingrained in the culture.
posted on March 29, 2011
G III
2641
St. Lawrence University MUST be in the top 10. In my sorority alone there were two Buffys and a Muffy (that would be me).
Learning how to mix drinks in one’s stomach indeed …. the Preppy Handbook nailed that one.
posted on March 29, 2011
Muffy
2640
Clearly, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill should top this list!
posted on March 29, 2011
Chris
2639
“Preppy” refers to having attended a “preparatory school,” and more specifically a certain subset of preparatory schools that teach a particular view of life. Dressing the part is, well, merely dressing the part.
posted on March 29, 2011
Maatje
2638
Dearest Tom, it’s a shame you think BSC is geedville just because your friend here is clearly in ATO! BSC is incredibly prep, and Lisa Birnbach even said so when she was signing my copy of True Prep back in January.
posted on March 29, 2011
Katy
2637
Southern Methodist is the obvious missing entry. SMU alumni are probably too polite to mehtion, incidentally, that a number of entries on this list really don’t properly belong.
And you really ought to make Hampden Syndey and Sweet Briar College a joint entry.
By the way, you should let Ms. Birnbach decide who goes in the extra two.
posted on March 29, 2011
Arthur
2636
After I voted and saw the results, it became apparent that SP’s voters are overwhelmingly Southern in there orientation (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I agree that nothing in CA should EVER be considered. But to have Connecticut College religated to the bottom of the list is disheartening and quite a shame . . . it’s CONNECTICUT for goodness’ sake! There is enough Pink & Green among the student body to choke Lilly Pulitzer herself.
posted on March 29, 2011
Joseph Todd St. Cyr
2635
Tufts was also on the original list of the Preppy Handbook. This is atrocious…fix please.
posted on March 29, 2011
S
2634
SMU for sure.
posted on March 29, 2011
Motos
2633
University of Richmond- the favorite of the New England prep school applicants.
posted on March 29, 2011
reader
2632
How on earth did SMU not land on this list?
posted on March 29, 2011
Craig James
2631
I can’t compare and contrast to the schools that ARE listed, but I can certainly agree with the two comments that mention Miami (OH), as it certainly deserves a consideration.
posted on March 29, 2011
Corey
2630
My alma mater, Florida State University, does NOT belong on that list.
posted on March 29, 2011
Steve NeSmith (Nashville, Tenn)
2629
The University of North Carolina. How can “Chapel Hill” not be in the running when Julian’s is right there on Franklin Street?
posted on March 29, 2011
kimberly
2628
Even though it’s in Memphis (horribile dictu), Rhodes College is one of the most astonishingly prep campuses imaginable. Even Lisa Birnbach agreed after I persuaded her to visit following her book signing at our local VV.
posted on March 29, 2011
Nipper
2627
Georgetown.
posted on March 29, 2011
SNK
2626
Miami University needs to be added. On a nice spring day it looks like someone vomited pastels all over the student body.
posted on March 29, 2011
Miami '09
2624
See? I told you over on facebook when you first asked.
College of Charleston is winning.
posted on March 29, 2011
Adam
2623
new england private schools invented prep. obviously public schools cant compete
posted on March 29, 2011
meg
2622
I would like to cast a vote for the fictional Harmon College, as seen in the movie “Accepted.” Lots of preppiness going on there.
posted on March 29, 2011
C.J. Adams
2621
University of North Carolina. PERIOD.
posted on March 29, 2011
daniel
2620
Agreed with Ryan…not sure how USC snuck on there, but Clemson certainly belongs. I suggest a swap-out.
And of course, Presbyterian College as an add in one of the empty spots.
posted on March 29, 2011
Lauren
2619
Without comment on the schools listed (many of which I would argue do not belong), SMU (Southern Methodist University) should clearly be on the list.
posted on March 29, 2011
Scotch
2618
Southern Methodist University should definitely make this list! Boys and girls alike are overtly preppy at all times.
posted on March 29, 2011
Meagan
2617
I second the motion that there should be separate sections for private and public schools.
Also, Miami (OH) belongs on this list.
posted on March 29, 2011
Luke
2616
Without a doubt, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the preppiest school in the nation. Preps and prepnecks from all over clamor to attend school in the Southern Part of Heaven.
posted on March 29, 2011
Neal Blevins
2614
Clemson University!
posted on March 29, 2011
Sara
2613
Oh Shawn Simon, how little you know. I’m not sure about the other Southern “University of ______” schools on this list, but the University of Virginia is truly blue-blood preppy. The University is highlighted in the original 1980′s “Official Preppy Handbook,” and even before the publication of that preppy primer, Hollywood director and former UVa student Tom Shadyac tried to define a prep with his now infamous poster — refer to link: http://southernontheinside.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/precursors-to-preppy-part-one/
If you further doubt UVA’s preppiness, I have 5 words — The Harriman Cup Polo Match. http://www.harrimancup.org/Photos.html
posted on March 28, 2011
Southern Prep
2605
A University of________ (add state here) is public and therefore the antithesis of preppy.
. How about a poll- who is the preppiest person you know? Cooper Ray is definitely on my beloved top 5 list.
And i have to agree with Lisa’s brilliant first Handbook that no school in Southern california can be preppy.
Im a happy grad of UC Berkeley, not being a snob but just want you stick to the tradition
posted on March 28, 2011
shawn simon
2604
Would like to submit Elon University in NC to the list. Beautiful campus, beautiful girls, and lots of GTH and prep.
posted on March 28, 2011
Tony
2602
No place west of the Mississippi made the list? I remember a time when the other USC, the University of Southern California, would have been at the top of any such list.
posted on March 28, 2011
hcat
2601
University of Tennessee. I have a friend at BSC and his fraternity is as GDI as it gets.
posted on March 28, 2011
Tom
2600
Charleston. nuff said.
COFC
posted on March 28, 2011
DV
2599
I’m surprised that Miami of Ohio isn’t on here.
posted on March 28, 2011
Preppy Redhawk
2598
Clemson University isn’t on here, and USC is?! I’m going to have to vote, but my mental vote will really be for Clemson University, or Wofford. There should be seperate categories for private vs. public schools too.
posted on March 28, 2011
Ryan
2596
I truly believe that the University of North Carolina belongs on this list.
Preppiness looks better in Carolina blue.
posted on March 28, 2011
Whitney
2592