Word: preps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...education that engages her most passionate interests. She realizes that her classmates are pleasant, well-to-do girls whose sights are set on making an appropriate marriage: "Our school could not maintain an elite status socially while offering anything like a serious education." But a few dedicated teachers prep the ambitious girl, and she gets her wish. She is admitted to Vassar. McCarthy writes, "I prefer being a Puget Sound type that had gone east to college, as could happen, though rarely, to Seattle girls...
...years ago Georges and a friends conceived of the book as a way to raise money for the Crimson. They contacted over 70 publishers with a proposal for the book and a sample entry based on George's alma mater, Poly Prep in Brooklyn. Much to their amazement the response was quite positive. "They [the publishing companies] almost all responded," Georges says, "a lot of big ones--and that started a bidding...
...main problem originally was the potential elitist connotation," Yarowsky says. "We didn't want a 'Guide to Muffy and Chip's Prep School.' We worked with Chris and were satisfied that it conveyed the information and tone in an acceptable...
...involved because I thought it would be interesting, and I felt we could do a better job than the Yale Book [a similar publication], and because it was the kind of writing I like to do--as funny as possible, but informative," says Messina, who did not attend a prep school...
...says that it will be a success. "It came out fulfilling what we had in mind," Walther says. "The entries were very lively, had personal voice and were written with a lot of style. I don't expect many people will buy this book unless they're considering a prep school, but we just wanted it to sound real...