<p>I see what you’re talking about, it just bugs me when people connect “preppy” with “automatically happy and great” because it is not always the case. I’m all for choosing a school because you love and fit in with the atmosphere, but judging a school based on how people dress is poor decision making.</p>
<p>i started this thread a while ago, and reading it, i feel like i was so much more naive and stuck in my little bubble, lol. and just a sidenote, preppy is wayy more than just clothes</p>
<p>No what i was trying to say was I DO NOT want to attend a boarding school where almost everyone is preppy and u aren’t cool unless u are preppy. That was y i was asking which is the one that is the most preppy so that I can narrow my choices and make sure a school like that isn’t on my list, if their is one</p>
<p>Well, if you don’t want preppy, take GLADCHEMMS, and cross off everything…except maybe one M and possibly the S because I’m not sure about those.</p>
<p>^Not all of those schools are extremely preppy. Of all I’d say D, H, and one M are v. preppy. But its not as though you’ll be excluded on grounds of preppiness. Especially since those schools boast about how ‘diverse’ they are.</p>
<p>While on boarding school vacation (two score years ago), long standing child hood friends told me I had changed. I was now, in their eyes, a “preppy”. I didn’t understand it then, and really, I am not sure I understand it now.</p>
<p>I do believe their opinion had a lot to do with clothing choices. And as far as that goes, I looked like a “hippy” back then. I try not to look like a hippy now, but who knows. By the way, I think Lilly Pulitzer and Vineyard Vines are great, but have really little to do with it.</p>
<p>To continue on that vein : A substantial percentage of kids in boarding school will have a clothing allowance that is superior to the rest of the population. And because “fitting in” is an important element to teenage happiness, it is entirely appropriate to wonder what kids wear at boarding school. Just don’t give it more significance than it deserves! Find out and fit in, but really, choosing a school on what the kids wear is just silly! Think of clothes as a uniform. Really. Even Coco Chanel did.</p>
<p>Personally, I wouldn’t spend $100 dollars on “preppy” clothes, but I won’t grudge people who do. They’re just trying to fit in. They’ll learn. Eventually. Besides, there is a better way to attract attention about your appearance. Go naked. </p>
<p>Just my take.</p>
<p>circlemidnight…the phrase is “don’t begrudge”…not that I’m the CC phrase police</p>
<p>ok thankx! but i am highly considering st. paul’s school, is that school diverse? or very preppy?</p>
<p>Pretty diverse. Had a reputation as Preppy 40-50 years ago, but now quite mixed. Go to our thread and ask students (or parents if you believe us :))</p>
<p>Preppy and diverse are not necessarily mutually exclusive. From our own observations, there are both types of “communities” at St. Paul’s School, and the school is probably better for that being the case.</p>
<p>SPS has a lot of drugs have friends that go there…I know every schools have drugs but SPS is just too much!</p>
<p>Yeah I have heard of a high percentage of unhappy people and druggies at SPS. That doesn’t make it a lesser school… but something is not quite right there. Choose wisely ;)</p>
<p>Think you know the wrong people. That has NEVER been the school’s reputation. My son just graduated, and I am extremely familiar with the school and know a many many students there. I will not cast stones but I can think of a few schools discussed here that have had a Very large number of expulsions this past year for drugs. There were none this year at SPS. So be careful about generalizing from limited statistics.</p>
<p>I hope and trust that being rejected by a school has not biased any of the posters.</p>
<p>I wasn’t rejected at SPS ^^^^^^^</p>
<p>I didn’t get this info from statistics, I actually know a lot of people that go there. A lot of kids there are depressed, from people I know. Have you read the comments in the yearbook? Things like “SPS, it been great, you have been so fake. The people too.” Not whole the school is like this, not by far. This is the exception, but it wasn’t the only one.</p>
<p>I liked the school a lot, but I wouldn’t say that everyone is happy and drug/drinking free.</p>
<p>You will find unhappy kids at every school. It is high school, by the way.</p>
<p>My daughter goes to SPS and I cannot speak for the whole school but the crowd she runs with is definitely not a drinking & drugging crowd. Playing sports combined by Saturday classes does not leave a whole lot of free time to get wasted and show up for class the next day. Also, at least in my daughters dorm the advisors were not born yesterday. They know every kid and it is pretty hard to fall off the radar.</p>
<p>I agree with sk8. As parents we have only raised a couple of teens. The teachers at most of these schools have seen thousands grow up, make a few mistakes and learn. Far different than public schools.</p>
<p>I definitely think that going to ANY boarding school is a good decision where you can learn a lot. SPS is a superior institution. Of course, at any school, there will be unhappy kids who do drugs and drink, maybe even commit suicide. All I am saying is that from what I have heard, SPS has had a lot of this (mostly depressed kids).</p>