Looking ahead - LACs vs. small universities

JHS
Thu, 08 May 2008 16:31:07 +0000

Hmmm. I didn’t see any really PC responses. (I’m not very PC, myself. I’m basically a near-dead white male.) Blossom and I both substantially agreed with you. We were just making the point that general preppiness at a fine college doesn’t necessarily equate to intellectual vacuity or a serious absence of other styles, that alterna-kids and preppies can actually be friends, and (in my case) that the OP’s daughter is a little young to decide that she should rank colleges based on a popped-collar index.

Neither of my kids was willing even to consider Northwestern or Georgetown, mostly because of the preppiness issue. It worked out fine for them. Depending on the crowd, either of them could come across as somewhat preppy, though, and they have lots of preppy friends. They might not have liked Northwestern or Georgetown had they wound up there, but I don’t think it would have been because the campus culture was too preppy. They just would have dressed a little differently. (Better.)