Preps by Region: The Southeast

Here is the second installment of my series on preps around the country. Today we take a look at preps from the Southeast.

Family: The Southeastern prep will also come from "old money," but their family likely has roots in the plantation industry and the money came in from that era. Many of the families will still be involved in farming, raising horses, or some other agricultural field. The family will also spend a lot of time together hunting and fishing. This is the region that makes camouflage a preppy color.

Summers: Where do you summer when you live where the rest of the world vacations? The summer home of the Southeast prep will likely be at Hilton Head Island, the Outer Banks, or Sanibel Island. These places provide plenty of summer employment opportunities with all of the tourists, and plenty of nice weather to relax in on the days and nights off.

High School: While there are plenty of preppies in the Southeastern United States that do attend private, and boarding, schools, the majority will be getting their education at large public high schools. While in high school, the young prep will play football, playing quarterback, and play baseball as nice spring past time, while the girls will take up equestrian. If a Division I opportunity arises, he will take it, but DII and DIII just don't sound as appealing.

College: The SEC is the only way to go. Schools like South Carolina, Ole Miss, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Auburn, and Alabama all scream their name. In the fall of their freshman year, the prep will rush and pledge a fraternity, or sorority. College highlights will always be the football games (tailgates), with basketball and baseball serving as time-killers when it isn't football season. They will wear their Sunday best (as long as it is their team's colors) to all sporting events because the Southeast is "God's country." They will major in a variety of academic subjects, but the real major will always be partying.

Career: Thanks to the connections made in Greek life, it is much easier for the Southeast prep to find a respectable job upon graduation. If they don't end up going to work for their father, or some other relative, a fraternity brother or sorority sister, will be there to get them an in somewhere. This is important because raising horses is expensive, after all.

*This article is meant to poke fun and laugh at stereotypes, and not meant to offend anyone.