Prep
This goes out to all those people going to East Coast colleges. It's a hilarious article I stumbled upon today as I was revisiting my college choices.
"DISCOVERING PREP"
Although you may have been accepted as a show of the school's Jeffersonian democracy, a move to Hamilton elitism may be necessary if you wish to join the ranks of Prep. While a diploma from Exeter is not absolutely required, knowledge of some crucial points of the prep Ethos is.
1. Learn your geography. The East includes: Georgetown, but not Washington, D.C.; Duke but not Durham; Nantucket but not Pawtucket. "The Cape" is not a fashion fad; Wheaton is more than a suburb of Chicago.
2. Figure out whether Newport is a cigarette, a town, or a jazz festival someplace else.
3. Stop confusing Olympic years with America's Cup years.
4. Order a cabinet without the slightest thought of carpentry.
5. Forget all about Corvettes, real college football (Michigan vs. Ohio State), and sober moderation when enjoying a good time. Favor BMWs, fake college football (Williams vs. Amherst), and drowning in a whitecapped sea of Molson, Becks, and Heineken (light or dark)."
"DISCOVERING PREP"
Although you may have been accepted as a show of the school's Jeffersonian democracy, a move to Hamilton elitism may be necessary if you wish to join the ranks of Prep. While a diploma from Exeter is not absolutely required, knowledge of some crucial points of the prep Ethos is.
1. Learn your geography. The East includes: Georgetown, but not Washington, D.C.; Duke but not Durham; Nantucket but not Pawtucket. "The Cape" is not a fashion fad; Wheaton is more than a suburb of Chicago.
2. Figure out whether Newport is a cigarette, a town, or a jazz festival someplace else.
3. Stop confusing Olympic years with America's Cup years.
4. Order a cabinet without the slightest thought of carpentry.
5. Forget all about Corvettes, real college football (Michigan vs. Ohio State), and sober moderation when enjoying a good time. Favor BMWs, fake college football (Williams vs. Amherst), and drowning in a whitecapped sea of Molson, Becks, and Heineken (light or dark)."