Least snobby prep school for boys

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To post an honest response to your question, as someone said above there will be snobs in any school environment. Each of the private schools has a different student population along the academic and athletic spectrum. My suggestion would be to tour the schools that are interested in your son, talk to current students/parents at those schools (most schools make it very easy to connect with current families for questions), go to a few games and watch how the athletes interact with each other/their opponents on the field, etc. I would also attend as many of the "events" offered during the Admission season from the school (webinars, athletic festival days, etc.) to continue to get a pulse on the environment. Of course everyone is on their best behavior at these events, but more data always helps. And, if you decide to apply to the school and get accepted, I would strongly suggest attending Revisit Days for accepted students. My kids got the best sense of the "vibe" from the school during those days because they interacted the most with the students, sat in classrooms, etc. Hope that's helpful!

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To post an honest response to your question, as someone said above there will be snobs in any school environment. Each of the private schools has a different student population along the academic and athletic spectrum. My suggestion would be to tour the schools that are interested in your son, talk to current students/parents at those schools (most schools make it very easy to connect with current families for questions), go to a few games and watch how the athletes interact with each other/their opponents on the field, etc. I would also attend as many of the "events" offered during the Admission season from the school (webinars, athletic festival days, etc.) to continue to get a pulse on the environment. Of course everyone is on their best behavior at these events, but more data always helps. And, if you decide to apply to the school and get accepted, I would strongly suggest attending Revisit Days for accepted students. My kids got the best sense of the "vibe" from the school during those days because they interacted the most with the students, sat in classrooms, etc. Hope that's helpful!

A thoughtful, quality response. It was better than the one I attempted, which was criticized for sounding snobby. Hopefully the OP finds some wisdom in your perspective.

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I’ll take the bait. I work at a prep school, and have been around for a long time. I see snobbery more associated with academic elitism than wealth. Some schools’ families look down their noses at less selective schools. Middlesex, Nobles and Groton come to mind. They are traditional old blue blood places where community members look down on kids from Lawrence, Thayer, Sebs. From my experience, I’ve seen less of this from Milton, BB&N, and Rivers. This kids and families seem to be more grounded and less elitist (despite also being great schools). Maybe not coincidentally, Milton and BB&N are more diverse.