Upstate NY schools - Bard, Skidmore, Ithaca

emilybee
Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:46:23 +0000

My son applied to HWS and he is far from preppy even though he went to a prep school. I certainly don’t think it’s preppier than Hamilton which DS crossed off his list because of that reason.

That being said a lot of guys in frats (don’t think the women have sororities) than where he is (Bates - no greeks) which also has a lot of kids who went to prep school. But, I don’t consider frats a preppy thing since Frats are definitely popular at schools that aren’t considered preppy (big State U’s for instance.)

As for Williams the town definitely doesn’t have a rural vibe but there was nowhere to eat at 3:00 in the afternoon after we went to The Clark one day. We had to drive to Bennington to get something to eat!