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I think there’s a lot of truth to this. Certainly, Boston vs. New Haven explains a lot of the differences between Harvard and Yale.</p>
<p>One thing I observed on our visit this past week was that the student body at Princeton seems to dress quite differently from the students we saw at Yale, Harvard, Brown, etc., earlier in the week (although the nicer weather at Princeton may have something to do with it). People were more dressed up in general, with collared shirts on a lot of the boys, and many girls wearing dresses. This was on a Thursday in the afternoon, by the way. I would have to say that there was more of a “Southern” vibe, reminding me a bit of someplace like Duke, or UVa. So I may have been influenced by my perception that the students were somewhat more “fratty” or “preppy” looking than at the other Ivies I’ve seen (haven’t been to Dartmouth).</p>
<p>[Note: I expected to see very preppy students at Amherst–but our tour guide had multiple facial piercings, including paper clips, purple plaid bermuda shorts and purple sneakers, and a T-shirt. Of course, he may have been chosen as a tour guide to break down stereotypes.]</p>