Anyone have their daughter in this sorority at Bama?

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It looks so bland. I didn’t see any pics of the bedrooms. Who cooks and cleans the house?

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Cannot ever imagine attending Bama as a non-white student. Must be absolutely miserable.

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Anonymous wrote:55% of Alabama students are from out of state. I think they've made a concerted effort to bring in full-pay OOS students to make the school seem more desirable, and since there aren't enough wealthy AL residents to support a school of that size. I think rushtok is going to attract even more OOS wealthy suburban girls who want their moment in the sun.

well, of course they have to accept that many! How many superstar bama students (4.47+ gpa/ 35 ACT/ etc. etc.) do you know?

Quite a few, actually. Some are going to the "top 20" colleges that everyone on this board drools over, and there are a few going to private colleges in the 30-50 range with excellent merit aid, but most are going to the Alabama or Auburn Honors Programs because they got a full ride. Same with the bright kids I know in Georgia and Florida. They'll have a great college experience and save all of their college fund money for graduate school (or a downpayment on a house). These states have hit on a great formula to keep their brightest kids in state for college and attract kids from OOS. Judging by the number of applications that Auburn got this year, there are a lot of smart kids from other states who are looking for a good education at a reasonable price.

There are a number of middle of the road kids at Alabama who are "full pay," but tuition, room and board are about $26,000, so it's not a huge lift. And I wouldn't place too much emphasis on average SAT/ACT scores. Expensive tutors and taking the test multiple times is not a thing in Alabama. In the past, anyway, kids would take the test once, cold, and if they scored high enough to get into Bama or Auburn, they were done. That may change as Auburn, in particular, gets more competitive.

I do think Tik Tok and Youtube have opened the eyes of the rest of the country to the appeal of the campus facilities and lifestyle at these southern colleges. Before, I guess they assumed "southern" = shabby? First class facilities & education, better weather, attractive people -- what's not to like?

$26k per semester. $50k+ per year.

In state is $26k per year.

https://financialaid.ua.edu/cost/

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Anonymous wrote:Came across this sorority house. My college didn’t have sororities, but this looks amazing. Way better than any hisie I’ve ever lived in.

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2016/10/take_a_look_inside_the_new_13.html

Greek life is huge at Alabama and it is a huge cost as well. #richkids

My kid is starting at Bama next week. I am shocked by the wealth on campus. The entire campus is gorgeous: buildings and students. The sorority houses are so picture perfect they look fake. Everyone on campus is super fit. The posts I see on the Bama moms groups indicate their homes are similarly upscale. Everyone is very, very friendly. The moms have local meet ups (including in the dc metro area). They literally offer to drive kids to/from campus, the airport, etc.

Their network is vast. The parent groups hook up kids for internships, jobs, housing, etc. It’s so unlike anything I expected.

I’ve met some kids from the Bama Greek groups, and they are very outgoing, confident, and friendly. Upperclassmen are volunteering to help students move in, move furniture, etc.

I know the Bama Rush Tik Toks are over the top. But I would encourage everyone to reserve labeling everyone.

Our impression exactly! Especially the bold — everyone is super fit, it is noticeable. The school was such a surprise. DS starts there next week!

Super fit? Are you sure. When in college (granted almost 25 years ago), every sorority girl I met had an eating disorder.... seriously...every one.

I lived in my sorority house at a large SEC school and only knew of one girl with an eating disorders. Unfortunately, hers developed in high school, before she was in a sorority.

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Anonymous wrote:Came across this sorority house. My college didn’t have sororities, but this looks amazing. Way better than any hisie I’ve ever lived in.

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2016/10/take_a_look_inside_the_new_13.html

Greek life is huge at Alabama and it is a huge cost as well. #richkids

My kid is starting at Bama next week. I am shocked by the wealth on campus. The entire campus is gorgeous: buildings and students. The sorority houses are so picture perfect they look fake. Everyone on campus is super fit. The posts I see on the Bama moms groups indicate their homes are similarly upscale. Everyone is very, very friendly. The moms have local meet ups (including in the dc metro area). They literally offer to drive kids to/from campus, the airport, etc.

Their network is vast. The parent groups hook up kids for internships, jobs, housing, etc. It’s so unlike anything I expected.

I’ve met some kids from the Bama Greek groups, and they are very outgoing, confident, and friendly. Upperclassmen are volunteering to help students move in, move furniture, etc.

I know the Bama Rush Tik Toks are over the top. But I would encourage everyone to reserve labeling everyone.

Our impression exactly! Especially the bold — everyone is super fit, it is noticeable. The school was such a surprise. DS starts there next week!

Super fit? Are you sure. When in college (granted almost 25 years ago), every sorority girl I met had an eating disorder.... seriously...every one.

Then of course they look fit. They probably exercise excessively too.

They are fit — all of them. The school just oozes sports and everyone is in shorts or workout clothes. They have an unbelievable fitness center open to everyone with steam showers and $1 protein shakes. The place is seriously amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:Cannot ever imagine attending Bama as a non-white student. Must be absolutely miserable.

Ignorant comment. My niece who is Indian went there and had a great time. Groups of students walking around that campus all together — they did not appear segregated at all. It really appeared that no one really cared.

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Anonymous wrote:Cannot ever imagine attending Bama as a non-white student. Must be absolutely miserable.

Seriously?

https://news.ua.edu/2018/04/black-student-union-celebrates-50-years-of-diversity-success/
https://www.watchtheyard.com/nphc/nphc-university-alabama/

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Anonymous wrote:Came across this sorority house. My college didn’t have sororities, but this looks amazing. Way better than any hisie I’ve ever lived in.

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2016/10/take_a_look_inside_the_new_13.html

Greek life is huge at Alabama and it is a huge cost as well. #richkids

My kid is starting at Bama next week. I am shocked by the wealth on campus. The entire campus is gorgeous: buildings and students. The sorority houses are so picture perfect they look fake. Everyone on campus is super fit. The posts I see on the Bama moms groups indicate their homes are similarly upscale. Everyone is very, very friendly. The moms have local meet ups (including in the dc metro area). They literally offer to drive kids to/from campus, the airport, etc.

Their network is vast. The parent groups hook up kids for internships, jobs, housing, etc. It’s so unlike anything I expected.

I’ve met some kids from the Bama Greek groups, and they are very outgoing, confident, and friendly. Upperclassmen are volunteering to help students move in, move furniture, etc.

I know the Bama Rush Tik Toks are over the top. But I would encourage everyone to reserve labeling everyone.

Yes, everyone is “so sweet” on the surface. But you will never actually be their friend. Those circles are closed and they have prepped their girls for two years to rush “successfully” (staged social media, football games with social strategy, and networking to meet older girls who will then lobby for them during rush.) Their homes are nice because that’s important to southern women in general and property taxes and housing are so inexpensive, they can afford to fuss over their house with the help of their 19 friends who all own interior decorating stores and their 10 friends who all have little art studios.

weird, my daughter was in a sorority at Alabama (from the north) and has been in/to many weddings for her sorority friends, roomed with two after college, gets together with them regularly...I think you spend too much time on the internet.

No sweetheart. I lived there.

you sure it wasn't your bad personality (demonstrated here) that caused them not to like you?

This is such a childish, 7th grade comeback. No shock that you're a sorority defender. DP

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my, I had to click on this thread.

I have a friend whose daughter pledged a sorority at Bama (I don't know where she ended up), and to see what this mom went through to prep her daughter was shocking and worrisome. Shopping for a whole new wardrobe, makeup and hair consultations, letters of recommendation (yes she posted on FB looking for people to write letters for her daughter), etc. It was truly ridiculous. But she and I are vastly different in the way we approach life in general.

Oh my, you seem like a shallow human who has a "friend" that if able to read your post would put you in your place because you are obviously anything but a friend.

Who is shallow? Methinks the person who spends time and money on makeup and hair consultations and clothing specifically to belong to a group.

Hmm, so you never spend time and money on makeup and hair? C'mon lady take the loss. You are taking entirely too much time to hate something you know nothing about and contradicting yourself. You are not some virtuous angel so stop with the front.

Oh, sweetie, she's not the one "taking the loss." It's so precious how you don't see that.

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Anonymous wrote:Came across this sorority house. My college didn’t have sororities, but this looks amazing. Way better than any hisie I’ve ever lived in.

https://www.al.com/entertainment/2016/10/take_a_look_inside_the_new_13.html

Sorority houses vary campus to campus and the more recent a house the more likely it will be similar to this. Remember sororities have had a lot more years to build up coffers and these houses are financed by the org not the school or chapter. And girls pay to live there - normally the cost is commiserate with a. regular dorm / meal plan on campus. Again this varies school to school in regards to cost.

A truly fascinating aspect of Bama greek life is “The Machine”. Google will bring up references and articles and basically it is a informal greek life infrastructure that is suggested to not only run greek life at the school but also heavily weighs in on school matters and even state govt matters. It makes for an entertaining read. I suspect there is a kernel truth somewhere in there with a huge amount of make believe heaped on the top.

The machine is true.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how DCUM is oh-so-surprised by ‘Bama. They must have been expecting the stereotypes they enjoy perpetuating.

It’s the 47th poorest state in the US.

OOS tuition is $50k+ for a freshman living on campus. The students are wealthy and come from across the country to live on a gorgeous campus in a cute town. Everything on campus is state of the art and fancy.

No clue why anyone judges a school by the entire state. It’s ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how DCUM is oh-so-surprised by ‘Bama. They must have been expecting the stereotypes they enjoy perpetuating.

It’s the 47th poorest state in the US.

OOS tuition is $50k+ for a freshman living on campus. The students are wealthy and come from across the country to live on a gorgeous campus in a cute town. Everything on campus is state of the art and fancy.

No clue why anyone judges a school by the entire state. It’s ridiculous.

Who would choose to go to college in an anti-woman red state? Trash.

At Alabama roughly 24,000 your kid won't be missed.

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When we toured SMU (Dallas, TX) with our teens, we were pretty impressed with the Greek houses. I googled the Theta sorority house, and it looks beautiful --

https://www.dmagazine.com/home-garden/2016/12/inside-kappa-alpha-thetas-7-3-million-sorority-house-at-smu/

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how DCUM is oh-so-surprised by ‘Bama. They must have been expecting the stereotypes they enjoy perpetuating.

It’s the 47th poorest state in the US.

OOS tuition is $50k+ for a freshman living on campus. The students are wealthy and come from across the country to live on a gorgeous campus in a cute town. Everything on campus is state of the art and fancy.

No clue why anyone judges a school by the entire state. It’s ridiculous.

Who would choose to go to college in an anti-woman red state? Trash.

In our case, it was a full tuition scholarship. Most college towns are not as red as the states they’re in. And it’s only four years.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how DCUM is oh-so-surprised by ‘Bama. They must have been expecting the stereotypes they enjoy perpetuating.

It’s the 47th poorest state in the US.

OOS tuition is $50k+ for a freshman living on campus. The students are wealthy and come from across the country to live on a gorgeous campus in a cute town. Everything on campus is state of the art and fancy.

No clue why anyone judges a school by the entire state. It’s ridiculous.

Who would choose to go to college in an anti-woman red state? Trash.

In our case, it was a full tuition scholarship. Most college towns are not as red as the states they’re in. And it’s only four years.

PP's hyperbole is over emotional nonsense.