UPDATED: The PREPPIEST Colleges (PHOTOS)

We've let you in on our picks for the top 10 hipster colleges -- now it's time to go the opposite direction with the PREPPIEST schools. We scoured the country for pastel polos, glee clubs and pearl earrings, and here's what we found.

UPDATE: We received a slough of responses disputing our list and campaigning for other schools to be added.

Many were miffed we didn't include North Carolina's Elon University. Current Elon student Shawn Kennedy wrote:

Elon is by far the preppiest school known to man. I should know. Pink and lime green is all I see. Despite the size of Elon (5,000), we still have a driving range. For all of the bowties, croakies and pleated rainbow slacks I've seen in the past four years, I deserve to see Elon on this list. Acapallooza. Festivus. Preppier than thou? I think so.

Carrie Adams put in a bid for the University of Virginia.

Are you kidding me? You missed a gold mine! UVa! At William and Mary (my alma mater), we have "Dress like UVa For A Day" when layered, popped polos and pearls are mandatory. Funny thing is, W&M is pretty preppy itself, so it's not a huge change.

And Gary Crosby nominated Birmingham-Southern College.

Birmingham-Southern College is the epitome of a preppy school. A small, private liberal arts college nestled on the western hills of Birmingham, Alabama, my alma mater provides its graduates with a solid education and has a legacy of producing socially responsible and intellectual adults. The school is nationally ranked as the number one college for Greek life.

Others rallied for the University of South Carolina, Sewanee: The University of the South and St. Lawrence University.

We want to hear about more! Is your school preppier-than-thou? Let us know: [e-mail].

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Hampden-Sydney College

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"The Preppy Handbook" called the private Virginia college "THE finishing school for Southern Gentlemen." One of the last remaining all-men's colleges in America, popular student activities on campus include the pep band and political clubs. Above, the school's president, Chris Howard, talks with students.

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"The Preppy Handbook" called the private Virginia college "THE finishing school for Southern Gentlemen." One of the last remaining all-men's colleges in America, popular student activities on campus include the pep band and political clubs. Above, the school's president, Chris Howard, talks with students.

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[Kingzo]

11:21 PM on 05/13/2010

Popped collars are frowned upon at Hampden-Sydney. The tradition of the classic polo or button up with chinos is honored. You will only find a popped collar on a freshman from the north during his orientation week. After that, the freshman begins to appreciate the concept of the southern gentleman.

[Dores09]

02:03 PM on 05/09/2010

as a preppy 'dore....this list makes me proud

[Forester]

02:37 PM on 04/27/2010

Man am I glad to be out of that world and out west.

[ruylopez]

03:22 AM on 04/24/2010

In that first picture--little do they know that guy in the middle is the president.

[sja11]

04:40 PM on 04/23/2010

elon by a mile.

I can only laugh at my memory of the seemingly endless supply of seersucker shorts/ pants and crocs and various spring colored ralph lauren polos.

not to mention the number of sunglasses put on backwards and popped collars.

no wonder I only could stand it for 2 years

[fleurdunil]

10:35 PM on 04/22/2010

I have to agree how could you miss Uva? The students wear pearls and suits to football games (which are awful) while lacrosse dominates.

[AUBB1]

12:12 PM on 04/22/2010

Where's Auburn on the list? You want to see preppy? Go to a football game in the fall. Girls in dresses with their dates in a shirt and tie. It doesn't get more preppy than that!

[larry278]

11:18 AM on 04/20/2010

Being graduated from a party school where greeks pretended to be preepies was almost a constant hoot. These rankings often fail to deal with those who choose to study & are graduated. Grinds often choose to take classes favored by greeks for the greeks lower the curve & a grind gets an easy A.

[ilovemyprez]

03:14 PM on 04/20/2010

I'm not sure about fraternity men, but sorority women make better grades nationally than non-sorority women. It just goes to show that people like to perpetuate fallacious stereotypes of greeks.

[Kingzo]

11:26 PM on 05/13/2010

At Hampden-Sydney, professors don't curve grades. If a professor chooses to fail an entire class, he or she will. This situation occurred at least three different times while I was there. Well one of those situations 1 person received an A, 1 B, 1 C, 2 Ds, and 10 Fs. There is no grade inflation.

[RobNYNY1957]

10:09 AM on 04/19/2010

The biggest advantage of preppy dressing that I can think of is transvestitism. If a man wants to go in drag, he just needs to add a pearl necklace.

[lrp722]

11:30 PM on 04/16/2010

Hold on a second, Conn is nowhere near on par with those other schools in terms of preppiness. I go there and yes a decent amount of the school is from New England and really athletic, but I would say the school is a little more crunchy granola that popped collar. And where on earth does the Abercrombie U nickname come from? I don't think I've ever seen anyone in Abercrombie on campus ever, J. Crew U with a dash of Urban Outfitters and Patagonia I might give you. Then again our top ranked teams are Sailing and Men's Lacrosse, so maybe I'm simply in a deep state of denial.

[emhellmer]

12:48 AM on 04/16/2010

I found this list rather dull. I remember Maxim came out with a "Top 10 D-bag schools in the country" awhile ago. I should look it up. I remember that Duke, Tulane, and USC were on the list. I'm pretty sure SMU was too. I had intimate knowledge of Tulane, and I can vouch for it's D-baggyness. Newt Ginrich and Jerry Springer are graduates!

In fact, Tulane was dang preppy, now that I look back. I went to Loyola, and we all went to class in pajamas and made fun of the kids with popped collars next door.

[Wei-Yin Ko]

06:54 PM on 04/15/2010

What about Wake Forest? That place is basically a country club...

[danielstroud]

06:10 PM on 04/15/2010

As an alumnus of The University of the South (Sewanee), I feel compelled to say we clearly should have been top 10. After knowing and spending a fair amount of time with students from several of the other schools on this list, I can say without any reservation that we are WAYYYY preppier than they are.

[elizabeth shields murphy]

04:33 PM on 04/15/2010

Yay for Hampden-Sydney! Although I didn't attend as a student, my social life on the weekends depended on H-SC. The photo that is posted doesn't even begin to do H-SC justice. The men that attend this school are timeless and classic in their attire, in my opinion. It was so refreshing to leave my school where people didn't care as much and to go to parties or football games at H-SC, where every student was impeccably dressed and always showed true Southern hospitality.

[Caroline Jennings]

04:06 PM on 04/15/2010

are you kidding me? this list is a joke. college of charleston anyone???

[saunders jenn]

06:03 PM on 04/27/2010

I second! College of Charleston has definitely earned a spot near the top of this list.