<p>I disagree. I think that it is hard to avoid a preppy atmosphere when you’re at a college in New England, regardless of whether or not it is part of an Ivy League. I tend to think that, at a school like Dartmouth, for example, you have a very diverse student body, but you also have centuries-old traditions, architecture that sets the stage, high academic standards, and the preppy attitude of simplicity and acceptance of others–it is this amalgam that I think creates a true preppy atomosphere. </p>
<p>Miami U, on the opposite side of the spectrum, is filled with upper-middle-class kids who aren’t (on the whole) extremely bright, are brand-obsessed, and more exclusive in social situations.</p>